Countries
India, Pakistan
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
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Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
- 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
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4444
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
177
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2729
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Arabic
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
سہا مسا
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
مهربانی کر
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Poguli
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
6,100,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Rambani
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
India
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
5,600,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
421
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.05 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.42 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
kashmiri
pachto
German Name
Kaschmiri
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
Pashtun
Origin
12th Century
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
2382
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ks
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kas
pus
ISO 639 2/B
kas
pus
ISO 639 3
kas
pus
ISO 639 6
kas
pus
Glottocode
kash1277
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional