Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
71
0
46
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National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Pakistan
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
- 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
French and Portuguese Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Latin
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2144
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1629
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ciao
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
grazie
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Come stai?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
buonanotte
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
buonasera
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
buongiorno
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Per Favore
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
scusate
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
arrivederci
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Ti amo
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Scusami
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Romanesco
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Lazio
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Italian
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tuscan
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
69,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1521
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
78.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.90 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
64.00 million60.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
14.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Italiano
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Italiano
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
italien
pachto
German Name
Italienisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Italians
Pashtun
Origin
960 BC
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Italian
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
2782
1
120
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Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
it
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ita
pus
ISO 639 2/B
ita
pus
ISO 639 3
ita
pus
ISO 639 6
itas
pus
Glottocode
ital1282
pash1269
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional