Countries
Afganistan
India
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Old German Language
Derived From
Not Available
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
(salaam) سلام
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
कृपया (kripayā)
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Not present
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Not present
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Not present
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Not Available
French Name
pachto
sanskrit
German Name
Paschtu
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Sanskrit
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
pash1269
sans1269
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic
Pashto and Sanskrit Speaking population
Pashto and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Pashto and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Pashto and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Pashto and Sanskrit on Pashto vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Pashto and Sanskrit Language Codes
Pashto and Sanskrit language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Pashto and Sanskrit Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.