Countries
Nigeria
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Nigeria
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Pakistan
Regulated By
-
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
- 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
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4444
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
127
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3229
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
sannu
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
gode ku
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
yaya dai
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
mai kyau dare
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
barka da yamma
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Don Allah
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
yi hakuri
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
sai anjima
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Ina son ku
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
gafara dai
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Gaananci
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Ghana
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
50,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Niger
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
150,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Daragaram
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Niger
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
50.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2021
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
50.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.52 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
35.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
haoussa
pachto
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[hàʊsà]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
Pashtun
Origin
14
1651
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Chadic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Hausa
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
3482
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hausa
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ha
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hau
pus
ISO 639 2/B
hau
pus
ISO 639 3
hau
pus
ISO 639 6
hau
pus
Glottocode
haus1257
pash1269
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional