1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Sri Lanka
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
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)
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
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.
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Maldivian Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
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
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
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
3.8 Please
(lotfan) لطفا
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
බායි (bāyi)
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Sri Lanka
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Not Available
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 million16.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million16.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
සිංහල (sĩhala)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Modern Sinhalese
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