1 Countries
1.1 Countries
European Union, Latvia
Afganistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Latvia
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
Latvian State Language Center
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
1.8 Interesting Facts
- The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
- 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
Lithuanian 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
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
Paldies
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
Ar labunakti
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
Labvakar
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
Labdien
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
Labrīt
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Piedodiet!
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
Uz redzēšanos
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Latvia
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA6,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Northern Pashto
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Latvia
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
France, Latvia
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?
1.75 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
1.75 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
latviešu valoda
(paṧto) پښتو
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Lettish
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
Latvians or Letts
Pashtun
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Latvian
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
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-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology