Countries
Afganistan
  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Pakistan
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
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.
  
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
വിട (viṭa)
  
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
  
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Israel, kerala
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
Mappila
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Pandy Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
France, kerala
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
38.00 million
  
33
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
38.00 million
  
26
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
French Name
pachto
  
malayalam
  
German Name
Paschtu
  
Malayalam
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Malayali
  
Origin
1651
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early form
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Malayalam
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
ml
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
mal
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
mal
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
mal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
mala1464
  
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic