Countries
Meghalaya
Afganistan
National Language
Bangladesh, India
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
-
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
-
Pakistan
Regulated By
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Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
- 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
Garo and Jaintia Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Alphabets in
Khasi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Kumno
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Khublei
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Kumno phi long?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
thia sukh
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
babha janmiet
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
khublei
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Sngewbha
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Map
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
khublei
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
ieit ieit
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
map a nga
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Bhoi
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
-
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 2
Nonglung
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
-
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 3
Cherrapunji
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
-
Afganistan, Pakistan
Native Name
Ka Ktien
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
German Name
Khasi-Sprache
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Khasi people
Pashtun
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No Early Forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Khasi
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ps
Glottocode
khas1269
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional
All Khasi 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 Khasi and Pashto dialects. Various dialects of Khasi and Pashto language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khasi are spoken in different Khasi Speaking Countries whereas Pashto Dialects are spoken in different Pashto speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khasi vs Pashto Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khasi dialects include: Bhoi, Nonglung. Pashto dialects include: Central Pashto , Northern Pashto. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Khasi and Pashto Speaking population
Khasi and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khasi and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Khasi and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 % 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 Khasi and Pashto on Khasi vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Khasi and Pashto Language Codes
Khasi and Pashto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khasi and Pashto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.