Northern Pashto () is a standard variety of the Pashto language spoken in the northern and central parts of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and central-eastern Afghanistan, comprising the Northwestern and Northeastern dialects of Pashto.
Northeastern Pashto, is spoken primarily in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
Yusufzai/Yusapzai Pashto is the most-spoken subdialect in the Northeastern Dialect.
Comparison:
Even within the Yusapzai dialect; regional lexical variation is noted; as pointed out by Dr. Muhammad Ali Kaleem:
Even with regions there can be minor differences in pronunciation. Example:
The North Western is spoken in the east and northeast Afghanistan.
There is regional difference in North Western Pashto in pronunciation of words: