Countries
Afganistan
Bhutan
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Bhutan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
India
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Dzongkha Development Commission
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.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Sikkimese Language
Derived From
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Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Kuzoozangpo La
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Kaadinchhey La
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
lek shom ay zim
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
བསྐྱར་མ་
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Tsip maza
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Log Jay Gay
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Tsip maza
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Laya
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Bhutan
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Lunana
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Bhutan
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Bhutan
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
French Name
pachto
dzongkha
German Name
Paschtu
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Ngalop people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Branch
Iranian
Tibeto-Burman
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Dzongkha
Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Signed Dzongkha
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
pash1269
nucl1307
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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All Pashto and Dzongkha Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Pashto and Dzongkha dialects. Various dialects of Pashto and Dzongkha language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Pashto are spoken in different Pashto Speaking Countries whereas Dzongkha Dialects are spoken in different Dzongkha speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Pashto vs Dzongkha Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Pashto dialects include: Central Pashto, Northern Pashto. Dzongkha dialects include: Laya , Lunana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Pashto and Dzongkha Speaking population
Pashto and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Pashto and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Pashto and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Pashto and Dzongkha on Pashto vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Pashto and Dzongkha Language Codes
Pashto and Dzongkha language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Pashto and Dzongkha Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.