Countries
Afganistan
  
Israel
  
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Israel
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Israel
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Pakistan
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
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.
  
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Aramaic Language
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Hebrew
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
שלום (Shalom)
  
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
תודה (Toda)
  
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
  
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
בבקשה!
  
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
  
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Israel, Palestine
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
9.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
4.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.60 million
  
27
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
  
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
Israeli, Ivrit
  
French Name
pachto
  
hébreu
  
German Name
Paschtu
  
Hebräisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1651
  
1000 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Canaanitic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Modern Hebrew
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Hebrew
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
he
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
heb
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
heb
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
heb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
hebr1246
  
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
  
12-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional, Synthetic