Countries
Afganistan
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
France, Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Euskaltzaindia, 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.
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Spanish
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4427
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2921
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Kaixo
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Eskerrik asko
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Zer moduz?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Gabon
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Arratsalde on
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Arratsalde on
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Egun on
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Mesedez
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Barkatu
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Agur
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Maite zaitut
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Barkatu
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Navarro-Lapurdian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
France
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0068,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Souletin
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
France, Soule, Spain
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.008,700.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Biscayan
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Spain
How Many People Speak
95,000.00750,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
216
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million7.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million7.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million0.70 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Euskara
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
French Name
pachto
basque
German Name
Paschtu
Baskisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[bɑːsk]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Basque people
Origin
1651
c. 1000
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Vasconic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Iranian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Basque
Language Position
8230
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Basque Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
ps
eu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
eus
ISO 639 2/B
pus
baq
ISO 639 3
pus
eus
ISO 639 6
pus
eus
Glottocode
pash1269
basq1248
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
40-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative