1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
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.
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Not Available
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
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
Misaotra
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Manao ahoana!
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Alina tsara
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Manao ahoana e
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Manao ahoana e
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Maraina tsara
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Miala tsiny
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Veloma!
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Tiako ianao.
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Azafady
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Eastern Malagasy
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Merina
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Western Malagasy
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Sakalava
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
21,000,000.001,200,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Not Available
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 millionNA
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million18.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Fiteny Malagasy
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Malagasy Sign Language
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Paschtu
Malagassi-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Austronesian
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 Malagasy
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
Verb-Object-Subject
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology