1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Pakistan
Afganistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Pakistan
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
1.4 Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
1.7 Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
- 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian 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
Right-To-Left, 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
آپ کا شکریہ
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
سلام علیکم
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
براہ مہربانی
(lotfan) لطفا
3.9 Sorry
معاف کرنا
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
الوداع
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
India
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
11,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
Northern Pashto
4.2.1 Where They Speak
India
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
South Asia
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?
104.00 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
61.00 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bihari
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
[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
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
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