Countries
Countries
Afganistan
Haiti
Total No. Of Countries
1
14
1
14
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Haiti
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Central America, North America
Minority Language
Pakistan
Cuba
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
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.
- In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
- In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
French Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
HaitianCreole-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
44
24
29
11
Phonology
How Many Vowels
7
4
7
4
How Many Consonants
29
19
20
10
Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
3
2
3
2
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
11
24 weeks
6
Greetings
Hello
(salaam) سلام
Bonjou
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Mèsi
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Bon nwit
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Bon apre-midi
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Souple
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Dezole
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Babay
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Eskize m
Dialects
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
14
Not Available
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
4
Not Available
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Cayes
How Many People Speak
95,000.00
29
Not Available
Total No. Of Dialects
21
19
3
3
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
27
9.60 million
99+
Speaking Population
0.58 %
26
0.15 %
99+
Native Speakers
60.00 million
20
9.60 million
99+
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
pachto
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Paschtu
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Haitians
History
Origin
1651
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Iranian
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Haitian Creole
Language Position
82
99+
99
99+
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ps
ht
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
hat
ISO 639 2/B
pus
hat
ISO 639 3
pus
hat
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
pash1269
hait1244
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
51-AAC-cb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
