Countries
Fiji, India
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
21
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, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
- 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
Urdu
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4444
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
117
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3329
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Khariboli
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Marwari
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Bundeli
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2121
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
380.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
4.70 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
260.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
हिन्दी
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
hindi
pachto
German Name
Hindi
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
Pashtun
Origin
7th Century
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
582
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
hi
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hin
pus
ISO 639 2/B
hin
pus
ISO 639 3
hin
pus
ISO 639 6
hins
pus
Glottocode
hind1269
pash1269
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional