Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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
Zambia
Pakistan
Regulated By
-
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
- 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
Zulu language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3144
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1829
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Moni
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Zikomo
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Usiku wabwino
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Chonde
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
pepani
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
anatsanzikana
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Ndimakukondani
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Pepani
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Kasungu
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kikamtunda
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kimaravi
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
521
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
12.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.17 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Nyanja
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
pachto
German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Chewa people
Pashtun
Origin
15th Century
1651
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Bantu
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Chewa
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
2782
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ny
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nya
pus
ISO 639 2/B
nya
pus
ISO 639 3
nya
pus
ISO 639 6
nya
pus
Glottocode
nyan1308
pash1269
Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional