1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Pakistan
Afganistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
India, Pakistan
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
Not Available
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
- 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
Hindi and Urdu Languages
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
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Arabic
2.5 Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, 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
Assalām ‘alaikum
(salaam) سلام
3.2 Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
Not Available
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
Hach ch'i
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
Not Available
(lotfan) لطفا
3.9 Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
Khuda hāfiz
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kashtawari
Central Pashto
4.1.1 Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA6,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
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
India
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?
5.60 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
5.42 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
(paṧto) پښتو
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
5.5 Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
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
Kashmiri
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
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
No data available
58-ABD-a
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