Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Somalia
Pakistan
Regulated By
-
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
- 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
Somali Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3444
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
107
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2429
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
akkam
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Galatoomi
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Maaloo
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
naa dhiisi
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Nagayattii!
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Borana
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Orma
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Kenya
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
66,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wata
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Kenya
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
13,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1721
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.36 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
galla
pachto
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Oromos
Pashtun
Origin
16
1651
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
9182
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
om
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
orm
pus
ISO 639 2/B
orm
pus
ISO 639 3
orm
pus
ISO 639 6
orm
pus
Glottocode
nucl1736
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional