Countries
India
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan
Pakistan
Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
- 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
Bengali and Oriya
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5244
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
117
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4129
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
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
nomoskaar
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
subhoraattri
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
subha gadhuli
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
subha abeli
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
suprobhaat
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
anugroha kori
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
moi ḍukkhita
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
biḍai
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
kyoma koribo
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Kamrupi
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Western Assam
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Goalpariya
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Western Assam
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Bhakatiya
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Assam
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
321
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
15.30 million60.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.24 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
15.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
assamais
pachto
German Name
Assamesisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Assamese people
Pashtun
Origin
7th century A.D
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Kamarupa
No early forms
Standard Forms
Assamese
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
6582
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Assamese
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
as
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
asm
pus
ISO 639 2/B
asm
pus
ISO 639 3
asm
pus
ISO 639 6
asm
pus
Glottocode
assa1263
pash1269
Linguasphere
59-AAF-w
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional