Countries
Indonesia
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Pakistan
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
- 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
Malay language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2644
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1929
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
73
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Terima kasih
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Selamat Malam
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
mohon Untuk
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
maaf
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Selamat tinggal
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Permisi
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Sundanese
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Balinese
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
4621
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
163.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
23.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
140.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
indonésien
pachto
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Indonesians
Pashtun
Origin
7th Century
1651
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Malay
No early forms
Standard Forms
Indonesian
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
5682
1
120
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Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
id
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ind
pus
ISO 639 2/B
ind
pus
ISO 639 3
ind
pus
ISO 639 6
ind
pus
Glottocode
indo1316
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional