How many people speak Pashto and Persian?

Pashto vs Persian Speaking Population

Under how many people speak Pashto and Persian, you will get to compare Pashto vs Persian speaking population. How many people speak Pashto and Persian gives you the number of people speaking Pashto and Persian in terms of percentage and millions. Worldwide, the number of people speaking Pashto language is 60.00 million and number of people speaking Persian language is 65.00 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 Persian is 0.99 %. For more detailed difference check out Pashto vs Persian.

Pashto native speakers vs Persian native speakers

How many people speak Pashto and Persian languages tells about Pashto native speakers vs Persian native speakers. The native language is also known as first language. Total 60.00 million people speak Pashto as native language while 65.00 million people speak Persian as native language. You can also go to Pashto vs Persian Dialects and find the total number of dialects in Pashto and Persian language. In some regions, Pashto and Persian languages are used as second language. There are 50.00 million speakers who use Pashto as second language and 110.00 million speakers who use Persian as second language.

Native Names of Pashto and Persian

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

• Pashto alternative names are: Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
• Persian alternative names are: New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian

The French name of Pashto is pachto whereas German name of Pashto is Paschtu. The German name of Persian is Persisch whereas French name of Persian is pachto.