Countries
China
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
China
  
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
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Interesting Facts
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
- 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
Uzbek Language
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Gokturk Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ässalamu läykum.
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
rakhmat
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
birdam
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
kachurung
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
Khayr khosh
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
Kachurung
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Turpan
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Hotan
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Lop Nur
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
10.40 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
20
Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
ouïgour
  
pachto
  
German Name
Uigurisch
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Uyghur
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
11
  
1651
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Uyghur
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ug
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
uig
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
uig
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
uig
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
uigh1240
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional