1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Afganistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
1.4 Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- 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
Not Available
Persian and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
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
3.2 Thank You
Thank you
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
How are you?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
I love you
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
American English
Central Pashto
4.1.1 Where They Speak
United States of America
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
225,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Northern Pashto
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4,500,000.0021,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0095,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
400.00 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
400.00 millionNA
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[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
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard English
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed English
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
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Fusional