1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Gambia, Nigeria
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nigeria
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Pakistan
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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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.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
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1.10 Derived From
Not Available
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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
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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
gode ku
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
yaya dai
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
mai kyau dare
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
barka da yamma
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
barka da rana
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
mai kyau safe
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
yi hakuri
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
sai anjima
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Ina son ku
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
gafara dai
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Ghana
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Kurhwayanci
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Niger
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
Niger
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 million50.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million35.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
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5.5 Ethnicity
Pashtun
Hausa–Fulani people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
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
Hausa
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
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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