Countries
India, Nepal
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Nepal
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Pakistan
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
- 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
Hindi
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4844
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
127
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3629
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
कृपया
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Doteli
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Nepal
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
790,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Nepal
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1221
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.25 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
népalais
pachto
German Name
Nepali
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[neˈpali]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Pashtun
Origin
19 BC
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
5982
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ne
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nep
pus
ISO 639 2/B
nep
pus
ISO 639 3
npi
pus
ISO 639 6
nep
pus
Glottocode
nepa1254
pash1269
Linguasphere
12
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional