1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan
China, Mongolia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
China, Mongolia
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)
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
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.
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Turkish Language
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
Arabic
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
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
(salaam) سلام
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
3.2 Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
3.8 Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Хэрэв (Kherev)
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Баяртай (Bayartai)
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Khalkha Mongolian
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Mongolia
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Ordos Mongolian
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Mongolia
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00123,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Khorchin Mongolian
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Mongolia
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 million5.70 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million5.70 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
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]
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Mongolic family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Mongolian Sign Language
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
part of 44-BAA-b
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