Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Afganistan
National Language
France
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Pakistan
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
- 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
Italian Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
bonjour
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Merci
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
bonne Nuit
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
bonsoir
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Bonjour
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
S'il vous plaît
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
désolé
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
au revoir
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Je t'aime
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 2
African French
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Africa
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Afganistan, Pakistan
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
français
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Français
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
français
pachto
German Name
Französisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Pashtun
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard French
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
fras
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1290
pash1269
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
French and Pashto Speaking population
French and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of French and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Pashto on French vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
French and Pashto Language Codes
French and Pashto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. French and Pashto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.