Countries
Afganistan
  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Malaysia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Pakistan
  
Thailand
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
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.
  
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Indonesian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Tamil Language
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
Hai
  
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
terima kasih
  
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Apa khabar?
  
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Selamat Petang
  
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Selamat tengah hari
  
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Selamat pagi
  
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
  
sila
  
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
maaf
  
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Saya sayang kamu
  
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Maafkan saya
  
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
  
Bengkulu
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
1,600,000.00
  
25
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
Pekal
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Musi
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00
  
11
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
175.00 million
  
10
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
77.00 million
  
12
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
98.00 million
  
8
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Bahasa melayu
  
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
Not Available
  
French Name
pachto
  
malais
  
German Name
Paschtu
  
Malaiisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1651
  
c. 683 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
ms
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
msa
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
may
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
zsm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
stan1306
  
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
  
Agglutinative
  
Pashto and Malaysian Speaking population
Pashto and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Pashto and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Pashto and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Malaysian on Pashto vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Pashto and Malaysian Language Codes
Pashto and Malaysian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Pashto and Malaysian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.