1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Pakistan
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Pashto and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Arabic 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
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
متشکرم
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
چطور هستید?
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
شب بخیر
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
عصر بخیر
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
بعد از ظهر بخیر
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
صبح به خیر
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
متاسف
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
خدا حافظ
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
من شما را دوست دارم
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
ببخشيد!
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Western Persian
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Iran, Iraq
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0047,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Dari Persian
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Afganistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0012,500,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
95,000.007,900,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
60.00 million65.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million65.00 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
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
5.5 Ethnicity
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
Old Persian and Middle Persian
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Persian
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Persian Sign Language
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
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