Countries
Afganistan
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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Interesting Facts
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
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Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4462
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
72
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2960
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
амритана
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Амарахь
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
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Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Sadz
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Turkey
How Many People Speak
95,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
213
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million0.13 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million0.13 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
50.00 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
pachto
abkhaze
German Name
Paschtu
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Abkhaz people
Origin
1651
c. 1650
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Iranian
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Abkhaz
Language Position
8228
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
abk
ISO 639 2/B
pus
abk
ISO 639 3
pus
abk
ISO 639 6
pus
abks
Glottocode
pash1269
abkh1244
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative