Countries
Philippines
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Philippines
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
- 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
Tagalog Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Spanish Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2844
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
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
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kumusta
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Salamat
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Kumusta
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
magandang gabi
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Magandang gabi
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Magandang umaga
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Mangyaring
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Paalam
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Mahal kita
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Bikol
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Philippines
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
100,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hiligaynon
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Philippines
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
8,200,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Waray
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Philippines
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
2,600,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
821
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
90.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.74 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
45.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
filipino
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Pilipino
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
filipino; pilipino
pachto
German Name
Pilipino
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Filipino people
Pashtun
Origin
16th Century
1651
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Filipino
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
3482
1
120
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Signed Forms
Filipino Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No Data Available
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
fil
pus
ISO 639 2/B
fil
pus
ISO 639 3
fil
pus
ISO 639 6
fil
pus
Glottocode
fili1244
pash1269
Linguasphere
No Data Available
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional