1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Afganistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Arabic 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
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
Asante
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
Habari gani?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
Usiku mwema
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
Habari za jioni
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
pole
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
nakupenda
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
Samahani
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
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
Dar es Salaam
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
Kilwa
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?
150.00 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
15.00 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
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
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
Swahili people or Waswahili
Pashtun
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
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Swahili
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
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
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