Countries
India
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
India
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Pakistan
Regulated By
-
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
- 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
Bengali Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4744
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
87
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3129
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
46,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kharwa
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
56,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Surati
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
-
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
56,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
821
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.74 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
50.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
55.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
goudjrati
pachto
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
Pashtun
Origin
15
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
2382
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
gu
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
guj
pus
ISO 639 2/B
guj
pus
ISO 639 3
guj
pus
ISO 639 6
guj
pus
Glottocode
guja1252
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional