1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
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
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
- 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
Kalanga and Nambya 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
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
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
Waita zvako
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
Manheru
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
Masikati
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
Mangwanani
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
Ndinokumbirawo
(lotfan) لطفا
3.9 Sorry
Ndineurombo
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
Ndinokuda
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
Pamusoro
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA6,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
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
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
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?
25.00 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.30 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Not Available
(paṧto) پښتو
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
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
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Not Available
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Not Available
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
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology