1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan
Malawi, Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Not Available
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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Zulu language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
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
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
Zikomo
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Muli bwanji?
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Usiku wabwino
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Madzulo abwino
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Masana abwino
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
M'mawa wabwino
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
pepani
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
anatsanzikana
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Ndimakukondani
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Pepani
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Malawi, Zambia
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Kikamtunda
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Malawi, Zambia
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Malawi, Zambia
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
95,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
60.00 million12.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million12.00 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
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
5.3.4 French Name
pachto
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
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
Chewa
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
58-ABD-a
99-AUS-xaa – xag
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