How many people speak Pashto and Kurdish?

Pashto vs Kurdish Speaking Population

Under how many people speak Pashto and Kurdish, you will get to compare Pashto vs Kurdish speaking population. How many people speak Pashto and Kurdish gives you the number of people speaking Pashto and Kurdish in terms of percentage and millions. Worldwide, the number of people speaking Pashto language is 60.00 million and number of people speaking Kurdish language is 28.00 million. Find the list of widely spoken languages on Most Spoken Languages. Percentage wise, speaking population of Pashto is 0.58 % and speaking population of Kurdish is 0.31 %. For more detailed difference check out Pashto vs Kurdish.

Pashto native speakers vs Kurdish native speakers

How many people speak Pashto and Kurdish languages tells about Pashto native speakers vs Kurdish native speakers. The native language is also known as first language. Total 60.00 million people speak Pashto as native language while 21.00 million people speak Kurdish as native language. You can also go to Pashto vs Kurdish Dialects and find the total number of dialects in Pashto and Kurdish language. In some regions, Pashto and Kurdish languages are used as second language. There are 50.00 million speakers who use Pashto as second language and 20.00 million speakers who use Kurdish as second language.

Native Names of Pashto and Kurdish

Native names are used in the Pashto and Kurdish Speaking Countries. Both Pashto and Kurdish languages have their own native names.Under how many people speak Pashto and Kurdish you will get to know the native names of Pashto and Kurdish languages. The native name of Pashto is (paṧto) پښتو and native name of Kurdish is Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди. The alternative names of Pashto and Kurdish languages are as follows:

• Pashto alternative names are: Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
• Kurdish alternative names are: Kurdî, کوردی‎

The French name of Pashto is pachto whereas German name of Pashto is Paschtu. The German name of Kurdish is Kurdisch whereas French name of Kurdish is pachto.