Countries
Afganistan
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
Bangladesh, Bhutan
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Asam Sahitya Sabha
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.
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Bengali and Oriya
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4452
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
711
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2941
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Bengali
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
nomoskaar
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
ḍhonyobaaḍ
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
aapuni kene aase?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
subhoraattri
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
subha gadhuli
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
subha abeli
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
suprobhaat
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
anugroha kori
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
moi ḍukkhita
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
biḍai
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
kyoma koribo
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Kamrupi
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Western Assam
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Goalpariya
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Western Assam
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Bhakatiya
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Assam
How Many People Speak
95,000.0016,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
213
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million15.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.24 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million15.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
50.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
French Name
pachto
assamais
German Name
Paschtu
Assamesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Assamese people
Origin
1651
7th century A.D
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Iranian
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Kamarupa
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Assamese
Language Position
8265
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Signed Assamese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
as
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
asm
ISO 639 2/B
pus
asm
ISO 639 3
pus
asm
ISO 639 6
pus
asm
Glottocode
pash1269
assa1263
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
59-AAF-w
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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