1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
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)
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.
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Not Available
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
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
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
3.2 Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
zoo hmo
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
zoo tav su
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Not Available
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Kuv hlub koj
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
zam txim rau kuv
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Hmong Njua
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Laos
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00310,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Hmong Daw
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
China
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
21,000,000.001,600,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Vietnam
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 million4.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million3.70 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
Mong
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
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5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Hmong–Mien 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
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Hmong
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
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology