1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Sri Lanka
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
1.4 Second Language
Sri Lanka
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
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
1.8 Interesting Facts
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
- 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
Maldivian Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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
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
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
(lotfan) لطفا
3.9 Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
බායි (bāyi)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA6,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Not Available
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?
16.00 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
16.00 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
(paṧto) پښتو
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
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
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
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