Countries
Afganistan
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Jammu and Kashmir, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Pakistan
  
Not Available
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
- Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
  
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Hindi and Punjabi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dogri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
Ke aal aee
  
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
dhanwaad
  
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
kiyaan oo ji
  
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
shub ratri
  
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
shub ratri
  
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
su prabat
  
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
  
kripya
  
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
mere kaulan galti ooyyii
  
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
changa ji pher
  
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Minjo tere naal pyar hega
  
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
gustakhi maaf
  
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
  
Jaunsari
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
100,000.00
  
99+
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
Kullu
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Hinduri
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
4.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
4.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
  
डोगरी
  
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru
  
French Name
pachto
  
dogri
  
German Name
Paschtu
  
Dogri
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Dogras
  
Origin
1651
  
1971
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No Early Forms
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Dogri
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
doi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
indo1311
  
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available