1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Abkhazia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Not Available
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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Adyghe language, Abaza language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Caucasian languages
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
(salaam) سلام
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
3.2 Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
3.8 Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Not Available
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Not Available
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Not available
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Not available
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Abkhazia
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Caucasus
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
Turkey
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 million0.13 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million0.13 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Abxazo, Abkhazian
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Northwest Caucasian
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
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
Abkhaz
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
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
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data Available
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