1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan
India, Pakistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
India, Pakistan, Sindh
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)
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
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.
- The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Gujarati
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
Arabic
Arabic, Devanagari
2.5 Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, 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
Assalam O Alaikum
3.2 Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Meharbani
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Kehra haal aahin
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
tava kia aayo
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Sham Jo Salam
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Assalam o Alaikum
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Subho Bakhair
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Moon khe afsos aahe
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Allah Wahi
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Maaf Kajo
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Upper Sindh
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Central Sindh
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
Lower Sindh
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 million29.00 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
Not Available
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]
Not Available
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
Not Available
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Sindhi
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