Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
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Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
- 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
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3344
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
77
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3129
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
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
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Dehna dur
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
i'bakwon
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
aznallehu
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
tschao
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
afekirishalehu
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
yiqirta
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Gondar
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Gondar
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Showa
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
521
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
አማርኛ
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
amharique
pachto
German Name
Amharisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Pashtun
Origin
13th century
1651
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Ethiopic
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
No early forms
Standard Forms
Amharic
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
5582
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
am
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
pus
ISO 639 2/B
amh
pus
ISO 639 3
amh
pus
ISO 639 6
amh
pus
Glottocode
amha1245
pash1269
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional