1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
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)
Pan South African Language Board
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 meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Xhosa Language
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
Ngiyabonga
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
unjani
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
okuhle ebusuku
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
okuhle kusihlwa
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
okuhle ntambama
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
okuhle ekuseni
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Ngiyaxolisa
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)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Uxolo
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Gabon, South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Georgia, South Africa
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
Zimbabwe
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 million30.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million12.00 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
Isizulu, Zunda
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
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
urban Zulu
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Deep Zulu
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
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