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Countries

Countries

Japan
Afganistan

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Japan
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia, Pacific
Asia

Minority Language

Palau
Pakistan

Regulated By

Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)

Interesting Facts

  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  • 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

Korean Language
Persian and Balochi Languages

Derived From

-
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

9944
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

57
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1429
9 60
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Scripts

Kana
Arabic

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

53
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
(salaam) سلام

Thank You

ありがとう (Arigatō)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر

How Are You?

お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟

Good Night

おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير

Good Evening

こんばんは (Konbanwa)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير

Good Afternoon

こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير

Good Morning

おはよう (Ohayō)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏

Please

お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
(lotfan) لطفا

Sorry

ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم

Bye

さようなら (Sayōnara)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان

I Love You

愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)

Excuse Me

すみません (Sumimasen)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم

Dialects

Dialect 1

Sanuki
Central Pashto

Where They Speak

Kagawa
Afganistan, Pakistan

How Many People Speak

1,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hakata
Northern Pashto

Where They Speak

Fukuoka
Afganistan, Pakistan

How Many People Speak

127,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kansai
Wanetsi

Where They Speak

kansai
Afganistan, Pakistan

How Many People Speak

127,000,000.0095,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

3121
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

128.00 million60.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.90 %0.58 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

128.00 million60.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million50.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

日本語
(paṧto) پښتو

Alternative Names

Nihongo
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto

French Name

japonais
pachto

German Name

Japanisch
Paschtu

Pronunciation

/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]

Ethnicity

Japanese (Yamato)
Pashtun

History

Origin

1185
1651

Language Family

Japonic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Indo-Iranian

Branch

-
Iranian

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms

Standard Forms

Japanese
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto

Language Position

882
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Japanese
Pashto Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ja
ps

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

jpn
pus

ISO 639 2/B

jpn
pus

ISO 639 3

jpn
pus

ISO 639 6

jpn
pus

Glottocode

nucl1643
pash1269

Linguasphere

45-CAA-a
58-ABD-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional

Japanese and Pashto Alphabets

Japanese and Pashto Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Japanese and Pashto. In Japanese Alphabets there are 99 letters while in Pashto Alphabets there are 44 letters. To learn Japanese and Pashto languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Japanese and Pashto languages. The Japanese phonology consist Japanese vowels and Japanese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Japanese greetings vs Pashto greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Japanese and Pashto are Most Spoken Languages.

All Japanese 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 Japanese and Pashto dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Pashto language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Pashto Dialects are spoken in different Pashto speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Pashto Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Pashto dialects include: Central Pashto , Northern Pashto. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Japanese and Pashto Speaking population

Japanese and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Pashto on Japanese vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Pashto Language Codes

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