Countries
West Java
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Interesting Facts
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  
- 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
Madurese and Malay Languages
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Sundanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Halo
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
Nuhun
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
Mangga
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
Hapunten
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
Punten
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Western dialect
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Banten
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Northern dialect
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Bogor
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Bandung
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million
  
32
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
60.00 million
  
20
Native Name
Not Available
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
soundanais
  
pachto
  
German Name
Sundanesisch
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
5th century AD
  
1651
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Sundanese
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
su
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sun
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
sun
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
sun
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sund1251
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional