Countries
Georgia
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
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
Cabinet of Georgia
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
- 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
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Anatolian Languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3344
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2829
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
80,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kartlian
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Kartli
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Pshavian
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Pshavi
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2021
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
4.30 million60.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.64 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
4.30 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ქართული ენა
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
géorgien
pachto
German Name
Georgisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Georgians
Pashtun
Origin
5th Century
1651
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Southern
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
12082
1
120
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Signed Forms
Georgian Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
ka
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kat
pus
ISO 639 2/B
geo
pus
ISO 639 3
kat
pus
ISO 639 6
kat
pus
Glottocode
nucl1302
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional