Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Afganistan
National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
- 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
Amharic and Hebrew
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
مرحبا
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
شكرا
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
تصبح على خير
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
مساء الخير
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
صباح الخير
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
من فضلك
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
آسف
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
وداعا
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
أحبك
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
اعذرني
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Sudan
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 3
Levantine
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Afganistan, Pakistan
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
German Name
Arabisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
North Arabic
Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arab1395
pash1269
Linguasphere
12-AAC
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
Arabic and Pashto Speaking population
Arabic and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Arabic and Pashto on Arabic vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Arabic and Pashto Language Codes
Arabic and Pashto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Arabic and Pashto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.