1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Japan
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
1.7 Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
1.8 Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
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
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
(salaam) سلام
3.2 Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
(lotfan) لطفا
3.9 Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Kagawa
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
1,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Fukuoka
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
kansai
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?
128.00 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
128.00 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
5.5 Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Pashtun
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Japonic Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Japanese
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
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-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional