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Kazakh and Pashto


Pashto and Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  
Afganistan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Pakistan  

Regulated By
Kazakh language agency  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)  

Interesting Facts
  • The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic 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
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  
Persian and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
17  
7
29  
19

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  
(salaam) سلام  

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر  

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟  

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير  

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير  

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير  

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏  

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)  
(lotfan) لطفا  

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم  

Bye
bye  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان  

I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)  

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh  
Central Pashto  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
31
6,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh  
Northern Pashto  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
28
21,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh  
Wanetsi  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
25
95,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.58 %  
28

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
18.00 million  
32
50.00 million  
18

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  
(paṧto) پښتو  

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto  

French Name
kazakh  
pachto  

German Name
Kasachisch  
Paschtu  

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]  

Ethnicity
Kazahks  
Pashtun  

History

Origin
17th Century  
1651  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kazakh  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto  

Language Position
93  
99+
82  
99+

Signed Forms
Kazakh Sign Language  
Pashto Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
kk  
ps  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz  
pus  

ISO 639 2/B
kaz  
pus  

ISO 639 3
kaz  
pus  

ISO 639 6
kaz  
pus  

Glottocode
kaza1248  
pash1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-ABD-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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

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Kazakh and Pashto Speaking population

Kazakh and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kazakh and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Kazakh and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 % 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 Kazakh and Pashto on Kazakh vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kazakh and Pashto Language Codes

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

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