1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Burundi, Gambia
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
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu 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
Kinyarwanda 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
Not Available
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
3.2 Thank You
Urakoze
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
Urakomeye?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
Mwiriwe
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
Mwaramutse
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Not available
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
N’agasaga
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
Not available
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
Not available
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Central Pashto
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
20,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Tanzania
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
990,000.0021,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Tanzania
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
153,000.0095,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
8.80 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.80 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
Not Available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
5.5 Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Pashtun
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo 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
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Kirundi
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
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
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology