1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
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
Pakistan
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
NA
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.
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Bengali Language
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
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
નમસ્તે (namaste)
3.2 Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
3.8 Please
(lotfan) لطفا
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
બાય (Bāya)
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Kathiyawadi
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
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
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
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
Not Available
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 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million50.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Gujarati
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Modern Gujarati
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
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology