Countries
Meghalaya
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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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
-
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
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2344
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1429
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
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
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
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Nonglung
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
-
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Cherrapunji
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
-
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
521
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.84 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.84 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Ka Ktien
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
khasi
pachto
German Name
Khasi-Sprache
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Khasi people
Pashtun
Origin
1200 AD
1651
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early Forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Khasi
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
4082
1
120
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Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kha
pus
ISO 639 2/B
kha
pus
ISO 639 3
kha
pus
ISO 639 6
kha
pus
Glottocode
khas1269
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional