1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Burundi, Gambia
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.
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Kinyarwanda Language
1.10 Derived From
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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
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Urakoze
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Urakomeye?
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Ijoro ryiza
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Mwiriwe
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Mwiriwe
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Mwaramutse
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Not available
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
N’agasaga
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Not available
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Not available
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Rwanda-Rundi
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Tanzania
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00990,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Tanzania
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
95,000.00153,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
60.00 million8.80 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million8.80 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
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5.5 Ethnicity
Pashtun
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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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
Kirundi
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
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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
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology