Countries
Afganistan
  
Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
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.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
Mhoro
  
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
Waita zvako
  
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Wakadini zvako?
  
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Urare zvakanaka
  
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Manheru
  
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Masikati
  
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Mangwanani
  
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Ndineurombo
  
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
bye
  
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Ndinokuda
  
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Pamusoro
  
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
  
Hwesa
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
Karanga
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
southern Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Zezuru
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
8.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
French Name
pachto
  
shona
  
German Name
Paschtu
  
Schona-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1651
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
sn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
sna
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
sna
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
sna
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
core1255
  
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
  
99-AUT-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Pashto and Shona Speaking population
Pashto and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Pashto and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Pashto and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Shona on Pashto vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Pashto and Shona Language Codes
Pashto and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Pashto and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.