Countries
India
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
-
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
- 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
Bengali and Assamese
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4244
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
117
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3129
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
ଦୟାକରି
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Baleswari
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
India
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ganjami
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
India
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kosli
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
India
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
520,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
821
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.50 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
33.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
oriya
pachto
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Odias
Pashtun
Origin
3 BC
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
3282
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
or
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ori
pus
ISO 639 2/B
ori
pus
ISO 639 3
ori
pus
ISO 639 6
ori
pus
Glottocode
macr1269
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional