Shughni-Yazgulami (classified as Pamir languages because of geographical position not genealogical) Vanji-Yazgulami Vanji / Old Wanji (extinct) (it was spoken in the Vanj River valley in what is now the Gorno-Badakhshan) Yazgulyam (Yuzdami zevég) Lower Yazgulami Upper Yazgulami Rushani Oroshori (Roshorvi) Shughni / Khughni (Shughni Proper) (хуг̌ну̊н зив – Xuǧnůn ziv) Khufi (divergent enough from Shughni to be considered a separate language although closely related to it) Bartangi (divergent enough from Shughni to be considered a separate language although closely related to it) Sarikoli / Tashkorghani (Tоҷик зив – Tujik ziv / Sariqöli Ziv) (although the language is also called Tajik, as the people who speak it, in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, Far Southwest Xinjiang, West China, it's not Tajik and is more closely related to the Eastern Iranian ones) (it is a remnant of the Iranian languages once spoken in Xinjiang or East Turkistan) (spoken by the Sarikol – Tajiks of Xinjiang) Sanglechi-Ishkashimi / Zebaki (classified as Pamir languages because of geographical position not genealogical) Sanglechi (Sanglechi-Warduji) Ishkashimi (Škošmī zəvuk / Rənīzəvuk) Afghanistan Ishkashimi Tajikistan Ishkashimi Wakhi (وخی – x̌ik zik) (it is spoken mainly in the Wakhan Corridor) (classified as Pamir languages because of geographical position not genealogical) (seem to have Saka influence) Ormuri-Parachi Ormuri (زبان ارموری – Oormuri, Urmuri, Bargista, Baraks, and Baraki) Kaniguram (in Kaniguram Valley, South Waziristan, F.A.T.A., Northwest Pakistan) Baraki-Barak (in Baraki Barak town, Baraki Barak District, Logar Province, Southeastern Afghanistan) Parachi (mainly in the upper part of Nijrab District, northeast of Kabul) Drangian (was spoken in Drangiana) (extinct) Arachosian (was spoken in Arachosia) (extinct) Old Pakhto Pakhto / Pashto / Pathan (پښتو – Pax̌tō / Pashtō) (dialect continuum) Northern Pashto (Pakhto) (Northern variety) (Northern-Central Pakhto) (Yusufzai) ( یوسفزئی پښتو – Pax̌tō) (divergent enough to be considered a separate language with its own dialects, although closely related to the other Pakhto or Pashto languages) Northern dialect (or Eastern dialect) (Northern Proper/Eastern Proper) Yusufzai dialect (or Northeastern dialect) Northern Karlani group Taniwola dialect Khosti dialect Zadran dialect Bangash dialect (spoken by the Bangash) Afridi dialect (spoken by the Afridi) Khogyani dialect Wardak dialect Transitional Northern-Southern Pashto Central Pashto (Ghilji Pakhto) (or Northwestern dialect) (منځنۍ پښتو – Manźanəi Pax̌to) (divergent enough to be considered a separate language with its own dialects, although closely related to the other Pakhto or Pashto languages) (Basis of Standard Pakhto/Pashto but not identical) Southern Pashto (Pashto) (Southern variety) (Southwestern Pashto) (Kandahari