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Indonesian and Pashto


Pashto and Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Afganistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
19  
9
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese  
Central Pashto  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
6,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Balinese  
Northern Pashto  

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 3
Minangkabau  
Wanetsi  

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
95,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
46  
30
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.58 %  
28

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million  
4
50.00 million  
18

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  

History

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
56  
99+
82  
99+

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  
Pashto Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  
58-ABD-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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All Indonesian and Pashto Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Indonesian and Pashto dialects. Various dialects of Indonesian and Pashto language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Indonesian are spoken in different Indonesian Speaking Countries whereas Pashto Dialects are spoken in different Pashto speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Indonesian vs Pashto Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Indonesian dialects include: Sundanese, Balinese. Pashto dialects include: Central Pashto , Northern Pashto. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Indonesian and Pashto Speaking population

Indonesian and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Indonesian and Pashto on Indonesian vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Indonesian and Pashto Language Codes

Indonesian and Pashto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Indonesian and Pashto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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