1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
India
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
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
- 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
Bengali and Assamese
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
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Arabic
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
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
(salaam) سلام
3.2 Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
Not Available
(lotfan) لطفا
3.9 Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
India
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA6,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
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
India
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
520,000.0095,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
33.00 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
33.00 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
(paṧto) پښتو
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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 Odia
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
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
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology