Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Thailand
Pakistan
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- 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
Indonesian Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Tamil Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2644
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2429
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
terima kasih
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Selamat Malam
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
sila
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
maaf
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Selamat tinggal
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
30,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
2421
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
175.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.16 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa melayu
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
malais
pachto
German Name
Malaiisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Pashtun
Origin
c. 683 AD
1651
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
5482
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
pus
ISO 639 2/B
may
pus
ISO 639 3
zsm
pus
ISO 639 6
may
pus
Glottocode
stan1306
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional