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Countries

Countries

Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Afganistan

Total No. Of Countries

331
0 46
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National Language

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora

Second Language

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia

Minority Language

South Africa
Pakistan

Regulated By

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Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)

Interesting Facts

  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • 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

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages

Derived From

Latin
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2644
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

57
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2129
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

73
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
(salaam) سلام

Thank You

Thank you
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر

How Are You?

How are you?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟

Good Night

Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير

Good Evening

Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير

Good Morning

Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏

Please

Please
(lotfan) لطفا

Sorry

Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم

Bye

Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان

I Love You

I love you
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)

Excuse Me

Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم

Dialects

Dialect 1

American English
Central Pashto

Where They Speak

United States of America
Afganistan, Pakistan

How Many People Speak

225,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
Northern Pashto

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Afganistan, Pakistan

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.0021,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
Wanetsi

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
Afganistan, Pakistan

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.0095,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

18821
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million60.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %0.58 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million60.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million50.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

English
(paṧto) پښتو

Alternative Names

English
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto

French Name

anglais
pachto

German Name

Englisch
Paschtu

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]

Ethnicity

English people
Pashtun

History

Origin

5th Century AD
1651

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

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Indo-Iranian

Branch

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Iranian

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard English
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto

Language Position

382
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed English
Pashto Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

en
ps

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eng
pus

ISO 639 2/B

eng
pus

ISO 639 3

eng
pus

ISO 639 6

engs
pus

Glottocode

stan1293
pash1269

Linguasphere

52-ABA
58-ABD-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Fusional

English and Pashto Alphabets

English and Pashto Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Pashto. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Pashto Alphabets there are 44 letters. To learn English and Pashto languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Pashto languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Pashto greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Pashto are Most Spoken Languages.

All English 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 English and Pashto dialects. Various dialects of English and Pashto language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Pashto Dialects are spoken in different Pashto speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Pashto Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Pashto dialects include: Central Pashto , Northern Pashto. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

English and Pashto Speaking population

English and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of English and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Pashto on English vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Pashto Language Codes

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