Countries
Nigeria
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Second Language
Nigeria
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Interesting Facts
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
sannu
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
gode ku
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
yaya dai
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
mai kyau dare
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
barka da yamma
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
Don Allah
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
yi hakuri
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
sai anjima
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
Ina son ku
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
gafara dai
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Gaananci
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Niger
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Daragaram
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Niger
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
50.00 million
  
28
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
35.00 million
  
27
60.00 million
  
20
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
Not Available
  
Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
haoussa
  
pachto
  
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
14
  
1651
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Chadic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Hausa
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ha
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hau
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
hau
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
hau
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
haus1257
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional
  
Hausa and Pashto Speaking population
Hausa and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hausa and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Hausa and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 % 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 Hausa and Pashto on Hausa vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Hausa and Pashto Language Codes
Hausa and Pashto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hausa and Pashto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.