1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Turkey, Uzbekistan
Afganistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
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
Not Available
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
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
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Arabic
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
Rakhmat
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
Qalay siz?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
Hayirli tun
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
Hayirli kech
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
Hayirli kun
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
Hayirli tong
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Kechiring!
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
Xayr
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
Sizni sevaman
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
Iltimos! Menga qarang
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
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
Not Available
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
Not Available
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?
25.00 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
26.00 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)
(paṧto) پښتو
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
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
6 History
6.1 Origin
9th–12th centuries AD
1651
6.2 Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Southestern(Chagatai)
Iranian
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Uzbek
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
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
No data available
58-ABD-a
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