Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Somalia
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
  
Similar To
Somali Language
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
akkam
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
Galatoomi
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
Maaloo
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
naa dhiisi
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
Nagayattii!
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Borana
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
19
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Orma
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Wata
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
60.00 million
  
20
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
galla
  
pachto
  
German Name
Galla-Sprache
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Oromos
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
16
  
1651
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
om
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
orm
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
orm
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
orm
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1736
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Oromo and Pashto Speaking population
Oromo and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Oromo and Pashto on Oromo vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Oromo and Pashto Language Codes
Oromo and Pashto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Oromo and Pashto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.