Countries
Afganistan
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Pakistan
Zambia
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Zulu language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4431
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2918
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Moni
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Zikomo
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Masana abwino
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
M'mawa wabwino
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Chonde
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
pepani
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
anatsanzikana
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Pepani
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
95,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
215
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million12.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.17 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
pachto
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Paschtu
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Chewa people
Origin
1651
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Branch
Iranian
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Chewa
Language Position
8227
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
nya
ISO 639 2/B
pus
nya
ISO 639 3
pus
nya
ISO 639 6
pus
nya
Glottocode
pash1269
nyan1308
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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