1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.6 National Language
India
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
1.7 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.8 Speaking Continents
1.9 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
1.10 Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
1.11 Interesting Facts
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
1.12 Similar To
Old German Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
1.13 Derived From
Prakrit Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.12.2 How Many Consonants
2.13 Scripts
2.14 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.15 Hard to Learn
2.15.1 Language Levels
8.1.3 Time Taken to Learn
9 Greetings
9.1 Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
(salaam) سلام
9.2 Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
9.3 How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
9.4 Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
9.5 Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
9.6 Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
9.7 Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
9.8 Please
कृपया (kripayā)
(lotfan) لطفا
9.9 Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
9.10 Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
9.11 I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
9.12 Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
10 Dialects
10.1 Dialect 1
Not present
Central Pashto
10.1.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Afganistan, Pakistan
10.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA6,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
10.5 Dialect 2
Not present
Northern Pashto
10.5.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Afganistan, Pakistan
10.5.2 How Many People Speak
NA21,000,000.00
700
80000000
10.9 Dialect 3
10.9.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Afganistan, Pakistan
10.9.2 How Many People Speak
NA95,000.00
1400
96000000
12.2 Total No. Of Dialects
14 How Many People Speak
14.1 How Many People Speak?
14.10 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
15.4 Speaking Population
16.4 Native Speakers
14.10 million60.00 million
0.13
873
19.3.4 Second Language Speakers
19.3.5 Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
(paṧto) پښتو
19.3.6 Alternative Names
Not Available
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
19.3.7 French Name
19.3.8 German Name
19.4 Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
19.5 Ethnicity
20 History
20.1 Origin
21.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
21.3.2 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
21.3.4 Branch
21.5 Language Forms
21.5.1 Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
No early forms
21.6.1 Standard Forms
Sanskrit
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
21.8.1 Language Position
21.9.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
21.10 Scope
22 Code
22.1 ISO 639 1
22.2 ISO 639 2
22.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
22.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
22.3 ISO 639 3
22.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
22.5 Glottocode
22.6 Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
22.7 Types of Language
22.7.1 Language Type
22.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
22.7.3 Language Morphological Typology