1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan
European Union, Malta
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Malta
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
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
National Council for the Maltese Language
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.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Western Arabic Dialects
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Roman Languages
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
Not Available
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
Grazzi
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Kif int?
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Il-Lejla it-tajba
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Il-Lejla it-tajba
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
L-għodwa t-tajba
3.8 Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Jekk jogħġbok
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Skużani!
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Ċaw
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Inħobbok ħafna
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Skużi!
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Malta
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Malta
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
Not Available
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 million0.52 million
0.13
1200
1.4 Speaking Population
1.5 Native Speakers
60.00 million0.52 million
0.13
873
1.5.2 Second Language Speakers
1.8.2 Native Name
1.8.3 Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Malti
1.8.4 French Name
1.8.5 German Name
1.9 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Not Available
1.10 Ethnicity
2 History
2.1 Origin
2.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
2.2.1 Subgroup
2.2.2 Branch
2.3 Language Forms
2.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
2.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Maltese
2.3.3 Language Position
2.3.5 Signed Forms
Not Available
Maltese Sign Language
2.4 Scope
3 Code
3.1 ISO 639 1
3.2 ISO 639 2
3.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
3.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
3.3 ISO 639 3
3.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
3.5 Glottocode
3.6 Linguasphere
3.7 Types of Language
3.7.1 Language Type
3.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
3.7.3 Language Morphological Typology