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Pashto
Pashto

Arabic
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Countries

Countries

Afganistan
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Total No. Of Countries

123
0 46
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National Language

Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa, Asia

Minority Language

Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council

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.
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.

Similar To

Persian and Balochi Languages
Amharic and Hebrew

Derived From

-
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4428
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

78
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2928
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Arabic

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

34
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

(salaam) سلام
مرحبا

Thank You

(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
شكرا

How Are You?

(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
كيف حالك؟

Good Night

(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
تصبح على خير

Good Evening

(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
مساء الخير

Good Afternoon

(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
مساء الخير

Good Morning

(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏
صباح الخير

Please

(lotfan) لطفا
من فضلك

Sorry

(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
آسف

Bye

(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
وداعا

I Love You

زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
أحبك

Excuse Me

(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
اعذرني

Dialects

Dialect 1

Central Pashto
Maghrebi

Where They Speak

Afganistan, Pakistan
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia

How Many People Speak

6,500,000.00310,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Pashto
Sudanese

Where They Speak

Afganistan, Pakistan
Sudan

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.0017,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Wanetsi
Levantine

Where They Speak

Afganistan, Pakistan
Cyprus, Levant

How Many People Speak

95,000.0021,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2126
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

60.00 million452.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.58 %4.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

60.00 million206.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

50.00 million246.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

(paṧto) پښتو
(al arabiya) العربية

Alternative Names

Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic

French Name

pachto
arabe

German Name

Paschtu
Arabisch

Pronunciation

[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/

Ethnicity

Pashtun
Arabs

History

Origin

1651
512 CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Semitic

Branch

Iranian
North Arabic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Modern Standard Arabic

Language Position

8225
1 120
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Signed Forms

Pashto Sign Language
Signed Arabic

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

ps
ar

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

pus
ara

ISO 639 2/B

pus
ara

ISO 639 3

pus
ara

ISO 639 6

pus
ara

Glottocode

pash1269
arab1395

Linguasphere

58-ABD-a
12-AAC

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic

Pashto and Arabic Alphabets

Pashto and Arabic Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Pashto and Arabic. In Pashto Alphabets there are 44 letters while in Arabic Alphabets there are 28 letters. To learn Pashto and Arabic languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Pashto and Arabic languages. The Pashto phonology consist Pashto vowels and Pashto consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Pashto greetings vs Arabic greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Pashto and Arabic are Most Spoken Languages.

All Pashto and Arabic Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Pashto and Arabic dialects. Various dialects of Pashto and Arabic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Pashto are spoken in different Pashto Speaking Countries whereas Arabic Dialects are spoken in different Arabic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Pashto vs Arabic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Pashto dialects include: Central Pashto, Northern Pashto. Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi , Sudanese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Pashto and Arabic Speaking population

Pashto and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Pashto and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Pashto and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Pashto and Arabic on Pashto vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Pashto and Arabic Language Codes

Pashto and Arabic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Pashto and Arabic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.