Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
France, Spain
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
- 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
Spanish
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2744
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2129
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kaixo
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Gabon
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Egun on
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Mesedez
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Barkatu
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Agur
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Maite zaitut
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Barkatu
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
France
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
68,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Souletin
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
8,700.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Biscayan
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Spain
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
750,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
621
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.20 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.70 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Euskara
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
basque
pachto
German Name
Baskisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Basque people
Pashtun
Origin
c. 1000
1651
Language Family
Vasconic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Basque
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
3082
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
eu
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
eus
pus
ISO 639 2/B
baq
pus
ISO 639 3
eus
pus
ISO 639 6
eus
pus
Glottocode
basq1248
pash1269
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional