1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
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
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
- 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
Not Available
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
Misaotra
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
Alina tsara
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
Maraina tsara
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Miala tsiny
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
Veloma!
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
Tiako ianao.
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
Azafady
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Central Pashto
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Merina
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
5,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Northern Pashto
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Sakalava
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0021,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
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?
NA60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
18.00 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
(paṧto) پښتو
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Paschtu
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Austronesian
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 Malagasy
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
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology