Central Pashto

Central Pashto (Pashto: منځنۍ پښتو, romanized: Manźanəi Pax̌to) is a standard variety of the Pashto language, spoken in parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan. They are the middle dialects of Mangal, Zadran, Mahsudi and Waziri. These dialects are affected by what Ibrahim Khan terms as "the Great Karlāṇ Vowel Shift".

Here is a comparison of Middle Dialects with South Eastern:

Daniel Septfonds provides the following example:

In Źadrāṇi, a vowel shift like Waziri has been noted:

Afridi/Apridi is also categorised as a Northern Phonology.

There is presence of the additional vowels close-mid central rounded vowel /ɵ/ and open back rounded vowel /ɒː / in Apridi. The following vowel shift has been noted by Jdosef Elfenbein:

Naseem Khan Naseem provides the following list:

The following difference can be noticed in pronunciation: