Countries
Afganistan
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Pakistan
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Dutch Language
Derived From
-
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4432
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
715
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2917
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
hallo
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Dankie
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
goeie nag
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Goeie middag
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
goeie more
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
asseblief
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
jammer
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Totsiens
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
-
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
-
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Namibia
How Many People Speak
95,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
213
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.03 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million10.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Cape Dutch
French Name
pachto
afrikaans
German Name
Paschtu
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Afrikaners
Origin
1651
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Branch
Iranian
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
8223
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
afr
ISO 639 2/B
pus
afr
ISO 639 3
pus
afr
ISO 639 6
pus
afrs
Glottocode
pash1269
afri1274
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic