Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Abkhazia
  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Interesting Facts
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
  
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Caucasian languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
Not Available
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
Not available
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Bzyb
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Caucasus
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Sadz
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Turkey
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.13 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
20
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
abkhaze
  
pachto
  
German Name
Abchasisch
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
c. 1650
  
1651
  
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ab
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
abk
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
abk
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
abk
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
abks
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
abkh1244
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional