How many people speak Pashto and Urdu?

Pashto vs Urdu Speaking Population

Under how many people speak Pashto and Urdu, you will get to compare Pashto vs Urdu speaking population. How many people speak Pashto and Urdu gives you the number of people speaking Pashto and Urdu in terms of percentage and millions. Worldwide, the number of people speaking Pashto language is 60.00 million and number of people speaking Urdu language is 104.00 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 Urdu is 0.99 %. For more detailed difference check out Pashto vs Urdu.

Pashto native speakers vs Urdu native speakers

How many people speak Pashto and Urdu languages tells about Pashto native speakers vs Urdu native speakers. The native language is also known as first language. Total 60.00 million people speak Pashto as native language while 61.00 million people speak Urdu as native language. You can also go to Pashto vs Urdu Dialects and find the total number of dialects in Pashto and Urdu language. In some regions, Pashto and Urdu languages are used as second language. No estimate of people speaking Pashto as second language and 43.00 million speakers who use Urdu as second language.

Native Names of Pashto and Urdu

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

• Pashto alternative names are: Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
• Urdu alternative names are: Bihari

The French name of Pashto is pachto whereas German name of Pashto is Paschtu. The German name of Urdu is Urdu whereas French name of Urdu is pachto.