Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Abkhazia
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
-
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
- 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
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Caucasian languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6244
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
27
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
6029
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Arabic
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
амритана
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Амарахь
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
-
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Bzyb
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
106,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Caucasus
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
106,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Sadz
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Turkey
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
106,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
321
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.13 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.13 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
-50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
abkhaze
pachto
German Name
Abchasisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[abxaz]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Pashtun
Origin
c. 1650
1651
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
2882
1
120
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Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ab
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
abk
pus
ISO 639 2/B
abk
pus
ISO 639 3
abk
pus
ISO 639 6
abks
pus
Glottocode
abkh1244
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data Available
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional