Countries
Afganistan
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Somalia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Pakistan
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
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.
  
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
Hello
  
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
sorry
  
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
8.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
pachto
  
somali
  
German Name
Paschtu
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Somalis
  
Origin
1651
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Somali
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
soma1255
  
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available