1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan
India, Pakistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Pakistan
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
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.
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Arabic and Hindi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Ghaznavid Persian 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
Right-To-Left, 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
آپ کا شکریہ
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
گڈ نائٹ
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
سلام علیکم
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
گڈ آفٹر نون
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
گڈ مارننگ
3.8 Please
(lotfan) لطفا
براہ مہربانی
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
معاف کرنا
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
الوداع
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
مجھے تم سے محبت
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
معاف کیجئے گا
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
India
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Hyderabadi Urdu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
India
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
South Asia
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
95,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
60.00 million104.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million61.00 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
Bihari
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ˈʊrd̪u]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Modern Standard Urdu
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Urdu
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
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology