Countries
Afganistan
  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia
  
Minority Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
  
Interesting Facts
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
  
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Amharic and Hebrew
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Arabic.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
مرحبا
  
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
شكرا
  
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
كيف حالك؟
  
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
تصبح على خير
  
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
مساء الخير
  
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
مساء الخير
  
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
صباح الخير
  
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
  
من فضلك
  
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
آسف
  
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
وداعا
  
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
أحبك
  
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
اعذرني
  
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
  
Maghrebi
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
Sudanese
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Sudan
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
17,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Levantine
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Cyprus, Levant
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
3
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
452.00 million
  
4
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
206.00 million
  
6
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
246.00 million
  
2
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
  
(al arabiya) العربية
  
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
  
French Name
pachto
  
arabe
  
German Name
Paschtu
  
Arabisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
  
Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Arabs
  
Origin
1651
  
512 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Iranian
  
North Arabic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Modern Standard Arabic
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Arabic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
ar
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
ara
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
ara
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
ara
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
arab1395
  
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
  
12-AAC
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional, Synthetic