1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Iran
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
Pakistan
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
1.8 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.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Kurdish and Persian
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
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
Arabic
Perso-Arabic script
2.5 Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
mana bebahgsh
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
chone tao?
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
jawáin shap
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
jawáin begáh
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
jawáin sawáh
3.8 Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Mihrabani kan
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
bebaksh / bebagsh
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
bye
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Tu mana doost biyeh
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
mana bebahgsh
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Eastern Balochi
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Western Balochi
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
21,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
95,000.003,400,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
60.00 million7.60 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million7.60 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Baluchi
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Not available
5.5 Ethnicity
Pashtun
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Balochi
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
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
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology