Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
71
0
46
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National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
- Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
- 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
Turkish
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Osmanly language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3244
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
97
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2329
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salam
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
necəsən
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
yaxşı gecə
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
lütfən
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
üzr
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
xudafiz
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Bağışlayın
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Derbent
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Russia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
37,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gazakh
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
37,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baku
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
37.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3321
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
26.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.34 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
23.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
25.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
azéri
pachto
German Name
Aserbeidschanisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Azerbaijani
Pashtun
Origin
16th Century
1651
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Azerbaijani
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
3882
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Azerbaijani
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
az
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
aze
pus
ISO 639 2/B
aze
pus
ISO 639 3
aze
pus
ISO 639 6
aze
pus
Glottocode
azer1255
pash1269
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional