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
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Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Not Available
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Mappila
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
Not Available
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Iranian
Not Available
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
pash1269
mala1464
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic
Pashto and Malayalam Speaking population
Pashto and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Pashto and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Pashto and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Pashto and Malayalam on Pashto vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Pashto and Malayalam Language Codes
Pashto and Malayalam language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Pashto and Malayalam Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.