1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
China, Taiwan
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Pakistan
Indonesia, Malaysia
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Not Available
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
Arabic
Chinese Characters and derivatives
2.5 Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
(salaam) سلام
您好 (Nín hǎo)
3.2 Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
早安 (Zǎo ān)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
再见 (Zàijiàn)
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
劳驾 (Láojià)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00960,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
China, United States of America
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0080,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
95,000.0060,000,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
60.00 million1,051.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million873.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA178.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
中文 (zhōngwén)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
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
Sino-Tibetan 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
Standard Chinese
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
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
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating