1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Afganistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
1.4 Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Pakistan
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
1.8 Interesting Facts
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
1.9 Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
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
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
3.2 Thank You
متشکرم
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
چطور هستید?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
شب بخیر
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
عصر بخیر
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
صبح به خیر
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
متاسف
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
خدا حافظ
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Western Persian
Central Pashto
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
47,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Northern Pashto
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
12,500,000.0021,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
7,900,000.0095,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
65.00 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
65.00 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
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
Old Persian and Middle Persian
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Persian
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
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-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology