1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
China
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
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
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.
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Uzbek Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Gokturk 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, Cyrillic, Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
(salaam) سلام
Ässalamu läykum.
3.2 Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
rakhmat
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
kachurung
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Khayr khosh
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
sizni yahshi kOrman
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Kachurung
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
China
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
China
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
China
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 million10.40 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million8.20 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Uyghur
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
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology