1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Munda Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
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
Arabic
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
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
3.2 Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Adi Johar
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Cet’leka menama?
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Boge Ninda
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Boge Ayup’
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Boge Setak’
3.8 Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Not Available
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Not Available
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Not Available
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Not Available
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Not Available
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
India
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Not present
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Not Available
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
Not Available
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 million6.30 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million6.30 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Pashtun
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Santali
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
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
58-ABD-a
No data available
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