Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia
  
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Interesting Facts
- Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
- Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
  
- 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
Turkish
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Osmanly language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Azerbaijani-alphabets.jpg#200
  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Salam
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
necəsən
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
yaxşı gecə
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
lütfən
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
üzr
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
xudafiz
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
Bağışlayın
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Derbent
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Russia
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Gazakh
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Baku
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
26.00 million
  
39
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
23.00 million
  
34
60.00 million
  
20
Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
azéri
  
pachto
  
German Name
Aserbeidschanisch
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Azerbaijani
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
16th Century
  
1651
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Azerbaijani
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
az
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aze
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
aze
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
aze
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
azer1255
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional