1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
India
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Old German Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Prakrit Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
4.3 Phonology
4.3.1 How Many Vowels
4.5.2 How Many Consonants
4.6 Scripts
4.7 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
4.8 Hard to Learn
4.8.1 Language Levels
4.14.2 Time Taken to Learn
5 Greetings
5.1 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
10.2 Dialect 2
Not present
Northern Pashto
10.2.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Afganistan, Pakistan
10.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA21,000,000.00
700
80000000
10.5 Dialect 3
10.5.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Afganistan, Pakistan
10.5.2 How Many People Speak
NA95,000.00
1400
96000000
10.8 Total No. Of Dialects
11 How Many People Speak
11.1 How Many People Speak?
14.10 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
12.2 Speaking Population
13.3 Native Speakers
14.10 million60.00 million
0.13
873
1.2.1 Second Language Speakers
1.3.2 Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
(paṧto) پښتو
1.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
1.3.4 French Name
1.3.5 German Name
1.4 Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
1.5 Ethnicity
2 History
2.1 Origin
2.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
2.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
2.2.2 Branch
2.3 Language Forms
2.3.1 Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
No early forms
2.3.2 Standard Forms
Sanskrit
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
2.3.3 Language Position
4.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
4.4 Scope
5 Code
5.1 ISO 639 1
5.2 ISO 639 2
5.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
5.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
5.3 ISO 639 3
5.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Glottocode
5.6 Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
5.7 Types of Language
5.7.1 Language Type
5.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
5.7.3 Language Morphological Typology