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Kazakh and Pashto


Pashto and Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   
Afganistan   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan   
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Pakistan   

Regulated By
Kazakh language agency   
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)   

Interesting Facts
  • The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic 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.
  

Similar To
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   
Persian and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
24   
6
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
17   
7
29   
19

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   
(salaam) سلام   

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر   

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟   

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير   

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير   

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير   

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏   

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)   
(lotfan) لطفا   

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم   

Bye
bye   
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان   

I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)   
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)   

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh   
Central Pashto   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,500,000.00   
14

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh   
Northern Pashto   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
21,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh   
Wanetsi   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
95,000.00   
29

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
0.58 %   
26

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
60.00 million   
20

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   
(paṧto) پښتو   

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto   

French Name
kazakh   
pachto   

German Name
Kasachisch   
Paschtu   

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]   

Ethnicity
Kazahks   
Pashtun   

History

Origin
17th Century   
1651   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kazakh   
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto   

Language Position
93   
99+
82   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
kk   
ps   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz   
pus   

ISO 639 2/B
kaz   
pus   

ISO 639 3
kaz   
pus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kaza1248   
pash1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
58-ABD-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional   

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All Kazakh and Pashto Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Kazakh and Pashto dialects. Various dialects of Kazakh and Pashto language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kazakh are spoken in different Kazakh Speaking Countries whereas Pashto Dialects are spoken in different Pashto speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kazakh vs Pashto Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kazakh dialects include: Northeastern Kazakh, Southern Kazakh. Pashto dialects include: Central Pashto , Northern Pashto. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Kazakh and Pashto Speaking population

Kazakh and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kazakh and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Kazakh and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Kazakh and Pashto on Kazakh vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kazakh and Pashto Language Codes

Kazakh and Pashto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kazakh and Pashto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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