1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Nepal
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
1.4 Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Pakistan
1.7 Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese 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
Hindi
Persian and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit 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
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
1.1.3 Time Taken to Learn
2 Greetings
2.1 Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
(salaam) سلام
2.2 Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
2.3 How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
2.4 Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
2.5 Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
2.6 Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
2.7 Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
2.8 Please
2.9 Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
2.10 Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
2.11 I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
2.12 Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
3 Dialects
3.1 Dialect 1
3.1.1 Where They Speak
Nepal
Afganistan, Pakistan
3.1.2 How Many People Speak
790,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
3.3 Dialect 2
3.3.1 Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Afganistan, Pakistan
3.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA21,000,000.00
700
80000000
3.5 Dialect 3
3.5.1 Where They Speak
Nepal
Afganistan, Pakistan
3.5.2 How Many People Speak
NA95,000.00
1400
96000000
3.6 Total No. Of Dialects
4 How Many People Speak
4.1 How Many People Speak?
30.00 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
4.2 Speaking Population
4.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million60.00 million
0.13
873
4.3.1 Second Language Speakers
4.3.2 Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
(paṧto) پښتو
4.3.3 Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
4.3.4 French Name
4.3.5 German Name
4.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
4.5 Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Pashtun
5 History
5.1 Origin
5.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
5.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
5.2.2 Branch
5.3 Language Forms
5.3.1 Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
5.3.2 Standard Forms
Nepali
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
5.3.3 Language Position
5.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Not Available
5.4 Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
6 Code
6.1 ISO 639 1
6.2 ISO 639 2
6.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
6.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
6.3 ISO 639 3
6.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
6.5 Glottocode
6.6 Linguasphere
6.7 Types of Language
6.7.1 Language Type
6.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
6.7.3 Language Morphological Typology