Countries
Georgia
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
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
Cabinet of Georgia
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Interesting Facts
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Anatolian Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Kartlian
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Kartli
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Pshavian
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Pshavi
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
4.30 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.30 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
20
Native Name
ქართული ენა
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
géorgien
  
pachto
  
German Name
Georgisch
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Georgians
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
5th Century
  
1651
  
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Southern
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ka
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kat
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
geo
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
kat
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1302
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Fusional