1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
- 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
Munda Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
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
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Arabic
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, 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
Adi Johar
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
Boge Ninda
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
Not Available
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
Boge Setak’
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
Not Available
(lotfan) لطفا
3.9 Sorry
Not Available
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
Not Available
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
Not Available
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
Not Available
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
India
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA6,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Not present
Northern Pashto
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA21,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA95,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
6.30 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
6.30 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
(paṧto) پښتو
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
5.5 Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Pashtun
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Santali
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
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
No data available
58-ABD-a
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