1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
New Zealand
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)
Māori Language Commission
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.
- "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
- The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Tahitian 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
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
Mauruuru koutou
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
E pēhea ana koe ?
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Night pai
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
pai ahiahi
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Afternoon pai
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Morning pai
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Aroha mai
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
poroporoaki
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Aroha ahau ki a koe
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
tukua ahau
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Central Pashto
South Island Māori
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
New Zealand
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Western North Island Maori
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
New Zealand
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Eastern North Island Maori
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
New Zealand
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 million0.18 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million0.18 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
te Reo Māori
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
New Zealand Maori
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
Austronesian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Maori
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
58-ABD-a
No data Available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology