1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan
India, Pakistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
India, Pakistan
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)
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.
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Hindi and Urdu 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
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
2.5 Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, 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
Assalām ‘alaikum
3.2 Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
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
Hach t'ochoktiya
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Hach ch'i
3.8 Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Not Available
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Khuda hāfiz
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Kashtawari
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
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
Pogul and Paristan valleys
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
India
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 million5.60 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million5.42 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[kəːʃur]
5.5 Ethnicity
Pashtun
Kashmiris or koshur
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
Kashmiri
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
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