Countries
India
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Interesting Facts
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
- 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
Bengali and Oriya
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
nomoskaar
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
subhoraattri
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
subha gadhuli
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
subha abeli
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
suprobhaat
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
anugroha kori
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
moi ḍukkhita
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
biḍai
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
kyoma koribo
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Kamrupi
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Western Assam
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
16
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Goalpariya
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Western Assam
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Bhakatiya
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Assam
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
15.30 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
60.00 million
  
20
Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
assamais
  
pachto
  
German Name
Assamesisch
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Assamese people
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
7th century A.D
  
1651
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Kamarupa
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Assamese
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
as
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
asm
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
asm
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
asm
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
assa1263
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-w
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Assamese and Pashto Speaking population
Assamese and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % 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 Assamese and Pashto on Assamese vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Assamese and Pashto Language Codes
Assamese and Pashto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Assamese and Pashto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.