1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Pakistan
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (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.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
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
Arabic
2.5 Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall) ▶
3
88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
(salaam) سلام
3.2 Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
(lotfan) لطفا
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Central Pashto
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
Rank: 14 (Overall) ▶
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
Rank: 4 (Overall) ▶
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Wanetsi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
95,000.00
Rank: 29 (Overall) ▶
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
Rank: 27 (Overall) ▶
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.58 %
Rank: 26 (Overall) ▶
0.11
89
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million
Rank: 20 (Overall) ▶
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
5.3.4 French Name
pachto
5.3.5 German Name
Paschtu
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
5.5 Ethnicity
Pashtun
6 History
6.1 Origin
1651
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
Iranian
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
ps
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
pus
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
pus
7.3 ISO 639 3
pus
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
pash1269
7.6 Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional