1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
India, Nepal
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
1.4 Second Language
Nepal
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
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
- 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
Bhojpuri 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
dhanyabad
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
Śubharātri
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
shubh sandhya
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
Suprabhaat
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
maf karai
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
Alavidā
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
kripaya
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Nepal
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA6,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Madhubani
Northern Pashto
4.2.1 Where They Speak
North India
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
Deoghar, France
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?
32.00 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
27.00 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
(paṧto) پښتو
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
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
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European 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
Standard Maithili
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