1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, No official status
Afganistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
India
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Pakistan
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
- 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
Maithili and Magahi
Persian and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit 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
प्रणाम (prannam)
(salaam) سلام
3.2 Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
(lotfan) لطفا
3.9 Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Central Pashto
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
16,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
Northern Pashto
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
380,000.0021,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
India
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?
40.00 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
40.00 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
(paṧto) پښتو
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
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
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology