1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
2.3 National Language
India
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
2.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
2.5 Speaking Continents
2.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
2.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
2.8 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.
2.9 Similar To
Old German Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
2.10 Derived From
Prakrit Language
Not Available
3 Alphabets
3.1 Alphabets in
3.2 Alphabets
4.4 Phonology
4.4.1 How Many Vowels
4.5.3 How Many Consonants
4.9 Scripts
4.10 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
4.11 Hard to Learn
4.11.1 Language Levels
1.5.3 Time Taken to Learn
4 Greetings
4.1 Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
(salaam) سلام
5.2 Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
5.3 How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
5.4 Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
5.5 Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
5.6 Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
5.7 Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
5.8 Please
कृपया (kripayā)
(lotfan) لطفا
5.9 Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
5.10 Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
5.11 I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
5.12 Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
6 Dialects
6.1 Dialect 1
Not present
Central Pashto
6.1.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Afganistan, Pakistan
6.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA6,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
8.2 Dialect 2
Not present
Northern Pashto
8.2.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Afganistan, Pakistan
8.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA21,000,000.00
700
80000000
8.6 Dialect 3
8.6.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Afganistan, Pakistan
8.6.2 How Many People Speak
NA95,000.00
1400
96000000
8.9 Total No. Of Dialects
10 How Many People Speak
10.1 How Many People Speak?
14.10 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
10.4 Speaking Population
11.3 Native Speakers
14.10 million60.00 million
0.13
873
13.2.2 Second Language Speakers
13.5.1 Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
(paṧto) پښتو
13.6.1 Alternative Names
Not Available
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
14.1.1 French Name
14.2.1 German Name
14.3 Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
14.4 Ethnicity
15 History
15.1 Origin
15.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
15.2.2 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
15.2.3 Branch
15.3 Language Forms
15.3.1 Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
No early forms
15.3.2 Standard Forms
Sanskrit
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
15.3.3 Language Position
16.2.2 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
16.3 Scope
17 Code
17.1 ISO 639 1
17.3 ISO 639 2
17.3.1 ISO 639 2/T
17.4.1 ISO 639 2/B
17.6 ISO 639 3
17.7 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
17.8 Glottocode
17.9 Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
17.10 Types of Language
17.10.1 Language Type
17.10.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
17.10.3 Language Morphological Typology