1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan
India, Pakistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Jammu and Kashmir, India
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
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.
- Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
- Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Hindi and Punjabi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit 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
Arabic
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script
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
dhanwaad
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
kiyaan oo ji
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
shub ratri
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
shub ratri
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
su prabat
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
mere kaulan galti ooyyii
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
changa ji pher
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Minjo tere naal pyar hega
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
gustakhi maaf
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Himachal Pradesh, India
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00110,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
95,000.0030,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
60.00 million4.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million4.00 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
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru
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
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
No Early Forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Dogri
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
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