1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
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
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Thank you
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
How are you?
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Sorry
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)
I love you
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Central Pashto
American English
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
United States of America
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Hiberno-English
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
21,000,000.004,500,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
United Kingdom
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
95,000.002,500,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
60.00 million1,200.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million400.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA400.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
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]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
5.5 Ethnicity
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
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Standard English
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed English
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
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, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic