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Afridi
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Awan
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Baloch
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Brahui
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Kashmiri
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Muhajir
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Parsi
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Sansi Bhil
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Afridi
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| Indigenous Group |
Afridi (Also known as: Apridi, Aparidai)
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| Location |
Pakistan, Northwest Frontier Province, FATA, Khyber and Orakzai agencies, South and West of Peshawar Valley in the Sufed Koh Range, Maidan, Bara, Churah
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| Estimated Population |
250,000 (Retrieved 2006,
Khyber.ORG
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| Environment |
Mountain, Valley, Plain
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| Lifestyle |
Semi-Nomadic
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| Subsistence |
Paid Labor / Hunting
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| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly Traditional
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| Language Family |
Pashto, Northern
Classification:
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Eastern, Southeastern, Pashto
Alternative Names:
Pakhto, Pashtu, Pushto, Yusufzai Pashto, Pathan, Pakhtun, Pushtun
Dialects:
Ningraharian Pashto, Northeastern Pashto. A good deal of similarity with Northwestern Pashto in Afghanistan. Subdialects of Northeastern Pashto are Kohat (Khatak), Yusufzai (Peshawar), Afridi, Shinwari, Mohmand, Shilmani.
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| Website URLs |
Ethnologue: Pashto, Northern a language of Pakistan
Khyber.ORG. Pasthun e-newsletter
The Observer Special Report, "Tribesmen Rally to the Gun"
Absolute Astronomy, Pasthun facts
Pashto, Pashtun e-newsletter
Wikipedia - Afridi
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| NGOs |
World Pakhtun Foundation (WPF)
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