Countries
Israel
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Israel
  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Second Language
Israel
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew 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.
  
Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Aramaic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Hebrew
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
שלום (Shalom)
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
9.00 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.40 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
20
Second Language Speakers
5.60 million
  
27
Not Available
  
Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
hébreu
  
pachto
  
German Name
Hebräisch
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
1000 BC
  
1651
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Canaanitic
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
he
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
heb
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
heb
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
heb
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hebr1246
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional