Countries
Afganistan
  
India
  
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Pakistan
  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
NA
  
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.
  
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Bengali Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
બાય (Bāya)
  
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
  
Kathiyawadi
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
Kharwa
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
50.00 million
  
22
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
French Name
pachto
  
goudjrati
  
German Name
Paschtu
  
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Gujaratis
  
Origin
1651
  
15
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Gujarati
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Modern Gujarati
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
gu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
guj
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
guj
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
guj
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
guja1252
  
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available