1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Bhutan
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Dzongkha Development Commission
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.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Sikkimese Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Tibetan 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
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
2.5 Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
(salaam) سلام
Kuzoozangpo La
3.2 Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Kaadinchhey La
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
lek shom ay zim
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Not Available
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Not Available
3.8 Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Not Available
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Tsip maza
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Log Jay Gay
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Nga cheu lu ga
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Tsip maza
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Bhutan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.001,100.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Bhutan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00700.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Bhutan
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 million0.64 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million0.17 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
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
Sino-Tibetan 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
Dzongkha
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
Not Available
Not Available
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
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology