Countries
Afganistan
  
India
  
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Pakistan
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Asam Sahitya Sabha
  
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.
  
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Bengali and Oriya
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
nomoskaar
  
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
ḍhonyobaaḍ
  
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
aapuni kene aase?
  
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
subhoraattri
  
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
subha gadhuli
  
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
subha abeli
  
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
suprobhaat
  
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
  
anugroha kori
  
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
moi ḍukkhita
  
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
biḍai
  
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
  
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
kyoma koribo
  
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
  
Kamrupi
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Western Assam
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
6,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
Goalpariya
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Western Assam
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Bhakatiya
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Assam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
15.30 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
15.00 million
  
40
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
  
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
  
French Name
pachto
  
assamais
  
German Name
Paschtu
  
Assamesisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Assamese people
  
Origin
1651
  
7th century A.D
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Kamarupa
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Assamese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
as
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
asm
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
asm
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
asm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
assa1263
  
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
  
59-AAF-w
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Pashto and Assamese Speaking population
Pashto and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Pashto and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Pashto and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 %. 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 Pashto and Assamese on Pashto vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Pashto and Assamese Language Codes
Pashto and Assamese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Pashto and Assamese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.