1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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)
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Arabic 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
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
2 Greetings
2.1 Hello
2.2 Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Asante
2.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Habari gani?
2.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Usiku mwema
2.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Habari za jioni
2.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
nzuri Alasiri
2.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Habari za asubuhi
2.8 Please
2.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
pole
2.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
bye
2.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
nakupenda
2.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Samahani
3 Dialects
3.1 Dialect 1
3.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Zanzibar island
3.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
3.3 Dialect 2
3.3.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dar es Salaam
3.3.2 How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00NA
700
80000000
3.4 Dialect 3
3.4.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Kilwa
3.4.2 How Many People Speak
95,000.00NA
1400
96000000
3.5 Total No. Of Dialects
4 How Many People Speak
4.1 How Many People Speak?
60.00 million150.00 million
0.13
1200
4.2 Speaking Population
4.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million15.00 million
0.13
873
4.3.1 Second Language Speakers
4.3.2 Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Not Available
4.3.3 Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
4.3.4 French Name
4.3.5 German Name
4.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Not Available
4.5 Ethnicity
Pashtun
Swahili people or Waswahili
5 History
5.1 Origin
5.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
5.2.1 Subgroup
5.2.2 Branch
5.3 Language Forms
5.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
5.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Swahili
5.3.3 Language Position
5.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
5.4 Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
6 Code
6.1 ISO 639 1
6.2 ISO 639 2
6.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
6.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
6.3 ISO 639 3
6.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
6.5 Glottocode
6.6 Linguasphere
6.7 Types of Language
6.7.1 Language Type
6.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
6.7.3 Language Morphological Typology