Countries
Afganistan
India
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Munda Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
(salaam) سلام
Henda ho
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Adi Johar
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Not Available
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Boge Setak’
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Not Available
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Not Available
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Not Available
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Not Available
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Not Available
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Mahali
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
India
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
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
pachto
santal
German Name
Paschtu
Santali
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Iranian
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Santali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
pash1269
sant1410
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
Pashto and Santali Speaking population
Pashto and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Pashto and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Pashto and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Santali 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 Santali on Pashto vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Pashto and Santali Language Codes
Pashto and Santali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Pashto and Santali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.