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Countries

Countries

Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Afganistan

Total No. Of Countries

231
0 46
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National Language

Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan

Regulated By

Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)

Interesting Facts

  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  • 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

Amharic and Hebrew
Persian and Balochi Languages

Derived From

-
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2844
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

87
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2829
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Arabic

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

43
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

مرحبا
(salaam) سلام

Thank You

شكرا
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر

How Are You?

كيف حالك؟
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟

Good Night

تصبح على خير
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير

Good Evening

مساء الخير
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير

Good Afternoon

مساء الخير
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير

Good Morning

صباح الخير
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏

Please

من فضلك
(lotfan) لطفا

Sorry

آسف
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم

Bye

وداعا
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان

I Love You

أحبك
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)

Excuse Me

اعذرني
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم

Dialects

Dialect 1

Maghrebi
Central Pashto

Where They Speak

Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Afganistan, Pakistan

How Many People Speak

310,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Sudanese
Northern Pashto

Where They Speak

Sudan
Afganistan, Pakistan

How Many People Speak

17,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Levantine
Wanetsi

Where They Speak

Cyprus, Levant
Afganistan, Pakistan

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.0095,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2621
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

452.00 million60.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

4.43 %0.58 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

206.00 million60.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

246.00 million50.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

(al arabiya) العربية
(paṧto) پښتو

Alternative Names

Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto

French Name

arabe
pachto

German Name

Arabisch
Paschtu

Pronunciation

/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]

Ethnicity

Arabs
Pashtun

History

Origin

512 CE
1651

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Semitic
Indo-Iranian

Branch

North Arabic
Iranian

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Standard Arabic
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto

Language Position

2582
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Arabic
Pashto Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ar
ps

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ara
pus

ISO 639 2/B

ara
pus

ISO 639 3

ara
pus

ISO 639 6

ara
pus

Glottocode

arab1395
pash1269

Linguasphere

12-AAC
58-ABD-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional

Arabic and Pashto Alphabets

Arabic and Pashto Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Arabic and Pashto. In Arabic Alphabets there are 28 letters while in Pashto Alphabets there are 44 letters. To learn Arabic and Pashto languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Arabic and Pashto languages. The Arabic phonology consist Arabic vowels and Arabic consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Arabic greetings vs Pashto greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Arabic and Pashto are Most Spoken Languages.

All Arabic and Pashto Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Arabic and Pashto dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Pashto language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Pashto Dialects are spoken in different Pashto speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Pashto Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Pashto dialects include: Central Pashto , Northern Pashto. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Arabic and Pashto Speaking population

Arabic and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Arabic and Pashto on Arabic vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Pashto Language Codes

Arabic and Pashto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Arabic and Pashto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.