1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Pakistan
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Dutch Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Dutch 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
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
Dankie
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Hoe gaan dit
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
goeie nag
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Goeienaand
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Goeie middag
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
goeie more
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
jammer
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Not Available
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Ek het jou lief
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Verskoon my
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Kaapse Afrikaans
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Not Available
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Oranjeriverafrikaans
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Not Available
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
Namibia
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 million19.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million7.10 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
Cape Dutch
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Standard Afrikaans
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
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
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