Countries
Afganistan
Armenian Highland
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Pakistan
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
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.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Greek
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4438
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2932
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
312
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
(salaam) سلام
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
-
How Many People Speak
95,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
212
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million6.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million6.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million7.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
pachto
arménien
German Name
Paschtu
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Armenians
Origin
1651
late 5th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Iranian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
8214
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Signed Armenian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
hy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
hye
ISO 639 2/B
pus
arm
ISO 639 3
pus
hye
ISO 639 6
pus
hye
Glottocode
pash1269
arme1241
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
57-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative, Synthetic