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 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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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
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
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3121
0
188
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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
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
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