1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
1.4 Second Language
Nigeria
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Pakistan
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
Persian and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
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
Not Available
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
gode ku
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
yaya dai
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
mai kyau dare
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
barka da yamma
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
barka da rana
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
mai kyau safe
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
yi hakuri
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
sai anjima
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
Ina son ku
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
gafara dai
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Ghana
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA6,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
Northern Pashto
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Niger
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA21,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Niger
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?
50.00 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
35.00 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
(paṧto) پښتو
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
5.5 Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
Pashtun
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Hausa
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
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology