1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Japan
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
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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.
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Korean Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
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, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
(salaam) سلام
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
3.2 Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
ありがとう (Arigatō)
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
おはよう (Ohayō)
3.8 Please
(lotfan) لطفا
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
さようなら (Sayōnara)
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
すみません (Sumimasen)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Kagawa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.001,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Fukuoka
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
kansai
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 million128.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million128.00 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
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
5.5 Ethnicity
Pashtun
Japanese (Yamato)
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Japonic 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
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Japanese
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Japanese
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-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative, Synthetic