Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Afganistan
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Pakistan
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)
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.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
متشکرم
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
شب بخیر
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
لطفا
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
متاسف
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
خدا حافظ
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Afganistan, Pakistan
Native Name
فارسی
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
persan
pachto
German Name
Persisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Persian people
Pashtun
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Persian
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
fars1254
pash1269
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
Persian and Pashto Speaking population
Persian and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Persian and Pashto on Persian vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Persian and Pashto Language Codes
Persian and Pashto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Persian and Pashto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.