1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
South Africa
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
1.4 Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Pakistan
1.7 Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
1.9 Similar To
Dutch Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Dutch Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
Dankie
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
goeie nag
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
Goeienaand
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
goeie more
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
jammer
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
Not Available
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
Ek het jou lief
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
Verskoon my
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Central Pashto
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA6,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Northern Pashto
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA21,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Namibia
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA95,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
19.00 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
7.10 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology