1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
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.
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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
Thai and Lao Braille
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
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
(lotfan) لطفا
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Sôhk dii der
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Vientiane Lao
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Laos
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Northern Lao
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Laos
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
Laos
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 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
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
Lao
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
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology