Countries
Afganistan
Ghana, Ivory coast
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Ghana
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Pakistan
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Akan Orthography 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.
- Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
- Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4421
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
710
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2916
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
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
ete-sen
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
meda ase
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
maadwo
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
maadwo
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
maaha
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
maakye
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
wae
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Kafra
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
bye
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Asante
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Ghana
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.009,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Akuapem
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Ghana
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Fante
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Ghana
How Many People Speak
95,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
213
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Akan
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Twi, Fante
French Name
pachto
akan
German Name
Paschtu
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ˈaːkã]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Akan people
Origin
1651
15
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Iranian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Akan
Language Position
82104
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Akan Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ps
ak
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
aka
ISO 639 2/B
pus
aka
ISO 639 3
pus
aka
ISO 639 6
pus
aka
Glottocode
pash1269
akan1251
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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