Afridi or Apridi Pashto (Pushto; Pashto: اوپریدی ،افريدی، اپريدی afrīdī/aprīdī/opride) is a Northern Karlani dialect of the Pashto language that is widespread among the representatives of the Afridis kin. The Afridi Pashto is a spoken language in the area of settlement of Afridis – the regions of Khyber and Kohat, Orakzai Agency, the cities of Zakka Khel, Jamrud, Darra Adam Khel and the valley of Timrakh. The Afridi dialect has an 80–90% lexical intelligibility with other Northern dialects of Pashto, while the intelligibility with the dialects of the Southern Region is 75–80%.
The phonetics of Afridi Pashto are similar to the phonetics of other Northern dialects of Pashto.
| Dialects[1] | align = «center» | ښ | align = «center» | ږ | align = «center» | څ | align = «center» | ځ | align = «center» | ژ | align = «center» | a | align = «center» | ā | align = «center» | o | align = «center» | u | ||
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| align = «left» | Southern Pashto | align = «center» | [ʂ] | align = «center» | [ʐ] | align = «center» | pronounced as /[t͡s]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[d͡z]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[ʒ]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[a]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[ɑ]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[o]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[u]/ | |
| align = «left» | Quetta dialect | align = «center» | pronounced as /[ʃ]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[ʒ]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[t͡s]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[d͡z]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[ʒ]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[a]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[ɑ]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[o]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[u]/ | |
| align = «left» | Afridi | align = «center» | pronounced as /[x]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[ɡ]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[t͡s]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[z]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[d͡ʒ]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[ɑ]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[ɒ, o]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[o]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[u]/ | |
| align = «left» | Northern Pashto (Eastern Pashto) | align = «center» | pronounced as /[x]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[ɡ]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[t͡s]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[z]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[ʒ]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[a]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[ɑ]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[o]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[u]/ | |
| align = «left» | Peshawar dialect | align = «center» | pronounced as /[x]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[ɡ]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[s]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[z]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[d͡ʒ]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[a]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[ɑ]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[o]/ | align = «center» | pronounced as /[u]/ |