Countries
Nigeria
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
Pakistan
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
- 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 Hausa Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3644
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
87
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2829
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
kedụ
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
dalụ
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
ka chi fo
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Biko
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Ndo
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Kachifo
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Enuani
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ngwa
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
-
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
24.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2021
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.09 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
24.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
igbo
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Ibo
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
igbo
pachto
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Igbo people
Pashtun
Origin
30th Century BC
1651
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Kwa
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
5782
1
120
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Signed Forms
Igbo Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ig
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
pus
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
pus
ISO 639 3
ibo
pus
ISO 639 6
ibo
pus
Glottocode
nucl1417
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional