1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
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)
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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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
1.10 Derived From
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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
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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
Waita zvako
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Wakadini zvako?
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Urare zvakanaka
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Manheru
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Masikati
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Mangwanani
3.8 Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Ndinokumbirawo
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Ndineurombo
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
bye
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Ndinokuda
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Pamusoro
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Zimbabwe
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
southern Zimbabwe
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
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
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 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million8.30 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
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5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
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5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Not Available
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
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6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
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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
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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
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology