Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
-
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
- 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
Malay and Javanese Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2744
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2129
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
matur nuwun
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
piye kabare?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
wengi sing apik
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
tolong
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Pamit
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Kangean
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
110,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bawean
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Bangkalan
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
621
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.23 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
15.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Madurese
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
madourais
pachto
German Name
Maduresisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[madura]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Madurese
Pashtun
Origin
8th Century AD
1651
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Madurese
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
6982
1
120
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Signed Forms
Madurese Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mad
pus
ISO 639 2/B
mad
pus
ISO 639 3
mad
pus
ISO 639 6
-
pus
Glottocode
madu1247
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional