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Uzbek and Pashto


Pashto and Uzbek


Countries

Countries
Turkey, Uzbekistan   
Afganistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan   
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Middle East   
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
  • Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
  • In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
  
  • 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
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages   
Persian and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Uzbek-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
7   
4

How Many Consonants
24   
14
29   
19

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Salom   
(salaam) سلام   

Thank You
Rakhmat   
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر   

How Are You?
Qalay siz?   
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟   

Good Night
Hayirli tun   
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير   

Good Evening
Hayirli kech   
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير   

Good Afternoon
Hayirli kun   
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير   

Good Morning
Hayirli tong   
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏   

Please
Iltimos   
(lotfan) لطفا   

Sorry
Kechiring!   
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم   

Bye
Xayr   
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان   

I Love You
Sizni sevaman   
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)   

Excuse Me
Iltimos! Menga qarang   
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tashkent   
Central Pashto   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,500,000.00   
14

Dialect 2
Afghan   
Northern Pashto   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
21,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 3
Ferghana   
Wanetsi   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
95,000.00   
29

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.39 %   
34
0.58 %   
26

Native Speakers
26.00 million   
31
60.00 million   
20

Native Name
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)   
(paṧto) پښتو   

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto   

French Name
ouszbek   
pachto   

German Name
Usbekisch   
Paschtu   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]   

Ethnicity
Uzbek   
Pashtun   

History

Origin
9th–12th centuries AD   
1651   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Southestern(Chagatai)   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Chagatay   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Uzbek   
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto   

Language Position
53   
38
82   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
uz   
ps   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uzb   
pus   

ISO 639 2/B
uzb   
pus   

ISO 639 3
uzb   
pus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
uzbe1247   
pash1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
58-ABD-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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All Uzbek and Pashto Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Uzbek and Pashto dialects. Various dialects of Uzbek and Pashto language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Uzbek are spoken in different Uzbek Speaking Countries whereas Pashto Dialects are spoken in different Pashto speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Uzbek vs Pashto Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Uzbek dialects include: Tashkent, Afghan. Pashto dialects include: Central Pashto , Northern Pashto. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Uzbek and Pashto Speaking population

Uzbek and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Uzbek and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Uzbek and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Uzbek language is 0.39 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Uzbek and Pashto on Uzbek vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Uzbek and Pashto Language Codes

Uzbek and Pashto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Uzbek and Pashto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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