Countries
Afganistan
  
India
  
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
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.
  
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
  
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Kannada Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
Namaskara
  
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
Mast Upakara.
  
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Yencha Ullar?
  
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
yedde rathre
  
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
yedde baiyya
  
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
yedde madhyana
  
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
yedde kaande
  
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Daya maltadu
  
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Yenna thapu aandu
  
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
Barpe
  
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
  
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Kshamisi
  
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
  
Brahmin tulu
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
Jain
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Girijan
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
1.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
1.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Tulu
  
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
  
French Name
pachto
  
Not Available
  
German Name
Paschtu
  
Not Available
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Tuluva
  
Origin
1651
  
14
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Tulu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
tcy
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
tulu1258
  
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Pashto and Tulu Speaking population
Pashto and Tulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Pashto and Tulu languages can be compared. The total count of Pashto and Tulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tulu language is Not Available. 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 Tulu on Pashto vs Tulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Pashto and Tulu Language Codes
Pashto and Tulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Pashto and Tulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.