1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Turkey
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
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Turkish Language Association
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.
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Azerbaijani Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
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
teşekkür ederim
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Nasılsın?
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
İyi Geceler
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
İyi Akşamlar
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Tünaydın
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
günaydın
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
üzgünüm
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Hoşçakal
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Seni seviyorum
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Afedersiniz
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Azerbaijani Turkish
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0026,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Crimean Turkish
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00480,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
95,000.00140,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
60.00 million75.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Anatolian, Türkisch
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Iranian
Southwestern(Oghuz)
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Turkish Sign Language
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
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