1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
India
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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Old German Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Prakrit Language
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
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
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
3.2 Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
शुभः सायंकालः
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
शुभ दुपार
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
3.8 Please
(lotfan) لطفا
कृपया (kripayā)
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Not present
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Not Available
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Not present
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Not Available
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
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 million14.10 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million14.10 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
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]
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Vedic Sanskrit
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Sanskrit
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-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology