1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Somalia
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
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Afar and Oromo Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Arabic 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, Latin, Osmanya
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
3.2 Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Sidee tahay ?
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Habeenka Good
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Evening Good
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
galab wanaagsan
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Subax wanaagsan
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
sorry
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
caraysiiyo
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Waan ku jeclahay
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
iga raali ahow
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Northern Somali
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Gabon, Standard Somali
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
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
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
Standard Somali
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 million13.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million8.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
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
Afro-Asiatic 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
Somali
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Somali 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
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