Countries
Rajastan, India
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Rajastan, India
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
Nepal, Pakistan
Pakistan
Regulated By
-
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
- Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
- 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
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Gujarati Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4244
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
107
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3229
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
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
khammaghani
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
dhanyavaad
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Kikan ho sa?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
shubh raatri
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Shubh Honjh
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Shubh Befar
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Shubh Havar
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
kirpa
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Maaf Karo
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
main tanne pyaar karoon
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
maaf karo
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Jogi
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
India
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
14,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bagri
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
India
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
14,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Dhundhari
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
India
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
821
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
22.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.21 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
14.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
13.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Marwari
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
marvari
pachto
German Name
Marwari
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[məˈrwɑːɾi]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Marwari or Marwadi
Pashtun
Origin
16
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
Marwari
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
7282
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mwr
pus
ISO 639 2/B
mwr
pus
ISO 639 3
mwr
pus
ISO 639 6
mwr
pus
Glottocode
raja1256
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