1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan
Ethiopia, Kenya
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Ethiopia
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.
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Somali Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
1.3 Phonology
1.3.1 How Many Vowels
1.4.2 How Many Consonants
1.5 Scripts
1.6 Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
1.7 Hard to Learn
1.7.1 Language Levels
1.7.3 Time Taken to Learn
2 Greetings
2.1 Hello
2.2 Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Galatoomi
2.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Attam jirta/jirtu?
2.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Nagayattii buli
2.6 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Akkam waarite
2.7 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Attam oolte / ooltan
2.9 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Attam bulte/bultan
2.10 Please
2.12 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
naa dhiisi
2.13 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Nagayattii!
2.14 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Sin jaaladha
2.15 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Maaloo na dabarsi
3 Dialects
3.1 Dialect 1
3.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Ethiopia, Kenya
3.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.004,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
3.2 Dialect 2
3.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Kenya
3.2.2 How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0066,000.00
700
80000000
3.3 Dialect 3
3.3.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Kenya
3.3.2 How Many People Speak
95,000.0013,000.00
1400
96000000
3.4 Total No. Of Dialects
4 How Many People Speak
4.1 How Many People Speak?
60.00 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
4.2 Speaking Population
4.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million24.00 million
0.13
873
4.3.1 Second Language Speakers
4.3.2 Native Name
4.3.3 Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Afaan Oromoo
4.3.4 French Name
4.3.5 German Name
4.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Not Available
4.5 Ethnicity
5 History
5.1 Origin
5.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
5.2.1 Subgroup
5.2.2 Branch
5.3 Language Forms
5.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
5.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Afaan Oromo
5.3.3 Language Position
5.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
5.4 Scope
6 Code
6.1 ISO 639 1
6.2 ISO 639 2
6.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
6.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
6.3 ISO 639 3
6.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
6.5 Glottocode
6.6 Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data available
6.7 Types of Language
6.7.1 Language Type
6.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
6.7.3 Language Morphological Typology