1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Nepal
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Pakistan
People's Republic of China
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Language Academy of Nepal
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.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Hindi
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit 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
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
(salaam) سلام
नमस्ते (namaste)
3.2 Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
नमस्ते (namaste)
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Nepal
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00790,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
India, Nepal
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
Nepal
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 million30.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
नेपाली (nēpālī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Pashtun
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Nepali
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Nepali
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
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
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology