1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Ethiopia
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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Not Available
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
3.2 Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
amesege'nallo'
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Dehina newot?
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Dehna dur
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
melkam meshe't
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
i'ndemin walu
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
i'ndemin adäru
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
aznallehu
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
tschao
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
afekirishalehu
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
yiqirta
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Gondar
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
Ethiopia
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
Ethiopia
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 million18.70 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Not Available
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[amarɨɲɲa]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Amharic
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Amharic
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