1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Cabinet of Georgia
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.
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Anatolian Languages
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
Arabic, Georgian script
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
(salaam) سلام
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
3.2 Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
3.8 Please
(lotfan) لطفا
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
ბოდიში (bodishi)
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Judaeo-Georgian
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0080,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Kartli
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
Pshavi
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 million4.30 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million4.30 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
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Kartvelian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Modern Georgian
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
No data available
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
Fusional
Agglutinative, Synthetic