1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Afganistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Malaysia
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
1.4 Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
1.7 Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
1.8 Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- 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
Indonesian Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Tamil Language
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
terima kasih
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
Apa khabar?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
Selamat Malam
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
Selamat Petang
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
Selamat pagi
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
maaf
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
Selamat tinggal
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
1,600,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Indonesia
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
30,000.0021,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Indonesia
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
3,100,000.0095,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
175.00 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
77.00 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Bahasa melayu
(paṧto) پښتو
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
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian 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
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Malaysian 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
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