1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan
Rajastan, India
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Rajastan, India
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
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Not Available
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.
- Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
- Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Gujarati Language
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
(salaam) سلام
khammaghani
3.2 Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
dhanyavaad
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Kikan ho sa?
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
shubh raatri
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Shubh Honjh
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Shubh Befar
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Shubh Havar
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Maaf Karo
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
bye
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
main tanne pyaar karoon
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
maaf karo
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
India
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
India
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
India
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 million22.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million14.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Pashtun
Marwari or Marwadi
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
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
Marwari
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
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