Countries
Burkina Faso
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
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
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
- 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
Dagbani Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2644
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
87
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1629
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kia ora
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Laafi bala
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Ne y yungo
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
ne y zabre
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
gafare
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
gafare
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Y gafare
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saremde
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Taolende
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
821
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million60.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Mosse
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
moré
pachto
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Mossi
Pashtun
Origin
11th Century AD
1651
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Mossi
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
3782
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mos
pus
ISO 639 2/B
mos
pus
ISO 639 3
mos
pus
ISO 639 6
mos
pus
Glottocode
moss1236
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