Countries
Afganistan
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
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.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
-
Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4421
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2916
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks3 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Hoy
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Salamat
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Maayong Buntag
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Palihug
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Ikasubo ko
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Babay
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Boholano
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Bohol
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
North Kana
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
95,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
214
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.32 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
50.00 million14.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Visayan
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
pachto
cebuano
German Name
Paschtu
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[sɛbuˈɑno]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Cebuano people
Origin
1651
16th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian 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
Standard Cebuano
Language Position
8262
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Cebuano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
ceb
ISO 639 2/B
pus
ceb
ISO 639 3
pus
ceb
ISO 639 6
pus
ceb
Glottocode
pash1269
cebu1242
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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