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
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Central Hindi Directorate
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.
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Urdu
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
नमस्ते (Namastē)
3.2 Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
3.8 Please
(lotfan) لطفا
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
खेद (Khēda)
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
अलविदा (Alavidā)
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00240,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Bundelkhand
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
95,000.0020,000,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
60.00 million380.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million260.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA120.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
5.5 Ethnicity
Pashtun
Hindustani people
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
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Standard Hindi
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System
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
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
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic