Countries
India, Nepal
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Nepal
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Nepal
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
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
- 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
Bhojpuri Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4744
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
87
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2229
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
pranam
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
dhanyabad
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Śubharātri
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
kripaya
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
maf karai
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Alavidā
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
kripaya
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Nepal
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Madhubani
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
North India
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khortha
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1521
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.41 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
27.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
maithili
pachto
German Name
Maithili
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Maithil
Pashtun
Origin
14th century
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
4082
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mai
pus
ISO 639 2/B
mai
pus
ISO 639 3
mai
pus
ISO 639 6
mai
pus
Glottocode
mait1250
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