Countries
Burma
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
-
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu 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
Kinyarwanda Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2144
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1929
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bwakeye
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Urakoze
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Ndagusavye
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Ndasubiza
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
N’agasaga
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ha
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
990,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Shubi
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
153,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
621
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.80 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
rundi
pachto
German Name
Kirundi
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Pashtun
Origin
1500
1651
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
8682
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
rn
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
pus
ISO 639 2/B
run
pus
ISO 639 3
run
pus
ISO 639 6
run
pus
Glottocode
rund1242
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional