Countries
United States of America
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
United States of America
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
North America
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
-
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
- 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
Apache Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3644
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
127
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3429
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Yá'át'ééh
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Ahéhee'
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Yá'át'ééh
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Yá'át'ééh abíní
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
T'aa shoodi
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Nízhdził
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Hágoónee’
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Ayóó ánííníshí
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Shoohá
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Navajo1
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Arizona
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
170,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Navajo2
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
New Mexico
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
170,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Navajo3
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Utah
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
120,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
421
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.70 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.05 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.70 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.17 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Navaho
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
navaho
pachto
German Name
Navajo-Sprache
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ˈnævəhoʊ]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Navajo people
Pashtun
Origin
1500 CE
1651
Language Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Athapascan
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Navajo
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
2982
1
120
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Signed Forms
Navajo Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
nv
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nav
pus
ISO 639 2/B
nav
pus
ISO 639 3
nav
pus
ISO 639 6
nav
pus
Glottocode
nava1243
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic
Fusional