Countries
Afganistan
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Filipinos
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Australia
  
Minority Language
Pakistan
  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
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 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Baybayin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
Kamusta
  
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
Salamat po
  
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Kamusta ka na?
  
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Magandang gabi po
  
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Magandang hapon po
  
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Magandang umaga po
  
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
  
pakiusap
  
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
Paálam
  
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Iniibig kita
  
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
  
Batangas Tagalog
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Batangas, Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
Bisalog
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Filipino
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
73.00 million
  
24
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
28.00 million
  
29
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Tagalog
  
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
Filipino, Pilipino
  
French Name
pachto
  
tagalog
  
German Name
Paschtu
  
Tagalog
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Tagalog people
  
Origin
1651
  
1593
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Filipino
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
t1
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
tg1
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
taga1269
  
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
  
31-CKA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available