Countries
Philippines
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
- 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
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3244
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2029
9
60
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Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
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
Kablaaw
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Agyamanak
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Kumusta?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
mangngegda
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Agpakawanak
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Pakada
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Ayayatenka
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Balangao
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Philippines
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
21,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bontoc
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Philippines
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
41,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not present
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Not present
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
221
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
9.10 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ilokano
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
ilocano
pachto
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[iːloˈkɑno]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
Pashtun
Origin
18th Century
1651
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
9482
1
120
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Signed Forms
Ilocano Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
pus
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
pus
ISO 639 3
ilo
pus
ISO 639 6
ilo
pus
Glottocode
ilok1237
pash1269
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional