Countries
Afganistan
  
India, Manipur
  
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Pakistan
  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
  
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
Khurumjari
  
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
Yamna nungaijare
  
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Athengba Ahing
  
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Nongale haugatl
  
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Chanbiduna
  
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Saobiganu
  
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
Chatcharage
  
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
  
Loi
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Burma, Laos
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
Pangal
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Meithei proper
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
1.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
1.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
  
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
French Name
pachto
  
Meithei
  
German Name
Paschtu
  
Meithei
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Meithei people
  
Origin
1651
  
1700
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Standard Meithei
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
mni
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
mni
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
mni
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
mani1292
  
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
  
omp
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available