Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Afganistan
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- 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
Farsi Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Silaw
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Sipas
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Şev xweş
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Evare baş
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Bê zehmet
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Bibûre
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Be xêr çî
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Afganistan, Pakistan
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Not Available
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
German Name
Kurdisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Origin
16th century CE
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
Early Forms
Not Available
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kurd1259
pash1269
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
All Kurdish 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 Kurdish and Pashto dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Pashto language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Pashto Dialects are spoken in different Pashto speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Pashto Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Pashto dialects include: Central Pashto , Northern Pashto. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kurdish and Pashto Speaking population
Kurdish and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % 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 Kurdish and Pashto on Kurdish vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Pashto Language Codes
Kurdish and Pashto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Pashto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.