1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan
Benin, Nigeria
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Nigeria
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
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Yoruba 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.
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Owo and Itsekiri languages
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
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
3.2 Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
e dupe
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Bawo ni o se wa
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Kasun layọ o
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
ka a ale
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
e kaasan
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
e kaaro
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
binu
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
bye
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
mo nifẹ rẹ
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
mo tọrọ gafara
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Nigeria
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Benin, Togo
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00800,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Nigeria
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
95,000.0010,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
60.00 million30.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million28.00 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
Yariba, Yooba
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
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Western Sudanic
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
Yorùbá
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Yoruba 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-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating