1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Afganistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Nigeria
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
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Pakistan
1.7 Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
1.8 Interesting Facts
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
- 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
Owo and Itsekiri 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
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
e dupe
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
Kasun layọ o
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
ka a ale
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
e kaasan
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
e kaaro
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
binu
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Nigeria
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
500,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
800,000.0021,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Nigeria
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
10,000.0095,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
30.00 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
28.00 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
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
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Western Sudanic
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
Yorùbá
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
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
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional