Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
France, Spain
  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
- 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
Spanish
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kaixo
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
Gabon
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
Egun on
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
Mesedez
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
Barkatu
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
Agur
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
Maite zaitut
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
Barkatu
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Souletin
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Biscayan
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.20 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
20
Native Name
Not available
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
basque
  
pachto
  
German Name
Baskisch
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Basque people
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
c. 1000
  
1651
  
Language Family
Vasconic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Basque
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
eu
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eus
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
baq
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
eus
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
basq1248
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional
  
Basque and Pashto Speaking population
Basque and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is Not Available 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 Basque and Pashto on Basque vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Basque and Pashto Language Codes
Basque and Pashto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Basque and Pashto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.