1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan
Iraq, Kurdistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
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
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.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Farsi 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
Arabic
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
Sipas
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Tu çawa yî?
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Şev xweş
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Evare baş
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Nee-wa-rowt bash
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Bayanit bash
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bibûre
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Be xêr çî
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Ez te hez dikem
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Bê zehmet
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Northern Kurdish
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Central Kurdish
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
21,000,000.005,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Eastern Iraq
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
95,000.003,000,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
60.00 million28.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million21.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
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]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Not Available
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Kurdish
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
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