1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Pakistan
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
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.
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Romanian
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
(salaam) سلام
Përshëndetje
3.2 Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Ju faleminderit
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Si jeni?
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
natën e mirë
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
mirëmbrëma
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
mirëdita
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
mirëmengjes
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Me fal
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
mirupafshim
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
unë e dua ju
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Më falni
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Gheg Albanian
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.003,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Tosk Albanian
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
21,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Italy
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
95,000.00100,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
60.00 million7.50 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million3.10 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
shqip / gjuha shqipe
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ʃcip]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Albanian
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Standard Albanian
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
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-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology