Countries
South Africa
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Pakistan
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- 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
Dutch Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Dutch Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3244
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
157
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1729
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Dankie
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
goeie nag
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Goeienaand
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
goeie more
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
asseblief
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
jammer
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Totsiens
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
-
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
-
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Namibia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
7.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
321
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afrikaans
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
afrikaans
pachto
German Name
Afrikaans
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Pashtun
Origin
17th Century
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Western
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
2382
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
pus
ISO 639 2/B
afr
pus
ISO 639 3
afr
pus
ISO 639 6
afrs
pus
Glottocode
afri1274
pash1269
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Fusional