1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Gambia, Kazakhstan
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Pakistan
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Kazakh language agency
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.
- The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
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
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
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
3.2 Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
3.8 Please
(lotfan) لطفا
өтінемін (ötinemin)
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
bye
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Northeastern Kazakh
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Kazakhstan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Southern Kazakh
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Kazakhstan
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
Kazakhstan
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 million11.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million11.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Iranian
Northwestern (Kipchak)
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
Kazakh
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