Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Spain
  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
  
Similar To
French Language
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hola
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
Gracias
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
Buenas Noches
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
Buenos Días
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
Por Favor
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
triste
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
adiós
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
Te Quiero
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
60.00 million
  
20
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
Not Available
  
Native Name
Español
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
espagnol; castillan
  
pachto
  
German Name
Spanisch
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
210 BC
  
1651
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
es
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
spa
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
spa
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1288
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional