1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
India
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
1.7 Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
1.8 Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
- 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
Urdu
Persian and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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
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
नमस्ते (Namastē)
(salaam) سلام
3.2 Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
(lotfan) لطفا
3.9 Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
240,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0095,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
380.00 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
260.00 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
120.00 millionNA
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
5.5 Ethnicity
Hindustani people
Pashtun
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
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
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional