Editing Yusufzai (section)

{{Short description|Pashtun tribe}}
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{{Infobox tribe
| name = Yūsufzai
| local name = ايسپزی
| type = 
| image = A Eusofzye (adjusted).png
| alt = 
| caption = Depiction of a Yusufzai warrior
| ethnicity = [[Pashtuns|Pashtun]]
| nisba = 
| location = [[Afghanistan]], [[Iran]],<br> [[Pakistan]] ([[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]])
| varna = 
| descended_label = 
| descended = 
| parent_tribe = [[Sarbani]]
| population = 
| demonym = 
| branches  = [[Mandanr]], Iliaszai, Akozai, Mandan, Isazai, Malizai
| language = [[Pashto]]
| religion        = [[file:Allah-green.svg|18px]] [[Islam]]
}}
The '''Yusufzai''' or '''Yousafzai''' ({{langx|ps|یوسفزی}}, {{IPA|ps|jusəpˈzai|pron}}{{ref|a|1}}), also referred to as the '''Esapzai''' ({{lang|ps|ايسپزی}}, {{IPA|ps|iːsəpˈzai|pron}}), or '''Yusufzai Afghans''' historically, are one of the largest [[Pashtun tribes|tribes]] of [[Pashtuns]]. They are natively based in the northern part of [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] ([[Malakand District|Malakand]], [[Dir District|Dir]], [[Swat District|Swat]], [[Shangla District|Shangla]], [[Buner District|Buner]], [[Swabi District|Swabi]], [[Mardan District|Mardan]], [[Bajaur District|Bajaur]], [[Peshawar]], [[Torghar District|Tor Ghar]]), to which they migrated from [[Kabul]] during the 16th century, but they are also present in parts of [[Afghanistan]], including [[Kunar Province|Kunar]], [[Kabul]], [[Kandahar]] and [[Farah Province|Farah]]. Outside of these countries, they can be found in [[Ghoriwala]] District [[Bannu]] ([[Mughal Khel]]),<ref name="KhanRoshanKhan" /> Balochistan [[Sibi]] ([[Akazai]]), [[Chagai, Pakistan|Chagai]] ([[Hassanzai]]) and [[Rohilkhand|Rohilkandh]].

Most of the Yusufzai speak a [[Northern Pashto|northern variety]] of [[Pashto]] and some [[Southern Pashto|southern variety]] of [[Pashto]] (as in case of [[Bannu|Mughal Khel]]) and Afghan dialect [[Persian language|Persian]].<ref name="UND">{{Cite thesis |type=Master's thesis |last=Coyle|first=Dennis Walter|date=2014|title=Placing Wardak Among Pashto Varieties|url=https://commons.und.edu/theses/1635 |publisher=University of North Dakota}}</ref>