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Countries

Countries

Afganistan
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

133
0 46
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National Language

Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

Minority Language

Pakistan
South Africa

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.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.

Similar To

Persian and Balochi Languages
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4426
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

75
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2921
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Latin

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

37
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

(salaam) سلام
Hello

Thank You

(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Thank you

How Are You?

(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
How are you?

Good Night

(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Night

Good Evening

(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Evening

Good Afternoon

(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Afternoon

Good Morning

(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏
Good Morning

Please

(lotfan) لطفا
Please

Sorry

(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Sorry

Bye

(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Bye

I Love You

زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
I love you

Excuse Me

(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Excuse Me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Central Pashto
American English

Where They Speak

Afganistan, Pakistan
United States of America

How Many People Speak

6,500,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Pashto
Hiberno-English

Where They Speak

Afganistan, Pakistan
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.004,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Wanetsi
Welsh English

Where They Speak

Afganistan, Pakistan
United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

95,000.002,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

21188
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

60.00 million1,200.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.58 %5.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

60.00 million400.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

50.00 million400.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

(paṧto) پښتو
English

Alternative Names

Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
English

French Name

pachto
anglais

German Name

Paschtu
Englisch

Pronunciation

[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Ethnicity

Pashtun
English people

History

Origin

1651
5th Century AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
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Branch

Iranian
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English

Standard Forms

Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Standard English

Language Position

823
1 120
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Signed Forms

Pashto Sign Language
Signed English

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ps
en

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

pus
eng

ISO 639 2/B

pus
eng

ISO 639 3

pus
eng

ISO 639 6

pus
engs

Glottocode

pash1269
stan1293

Linguasphere

58-ABD-a
52-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Pashto and English Alphabets

Pashto and English Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Pashto and English. In Pashto Alphabets there are 44 letters while in English Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Pashto and English languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Pashto and English languages. The Pashto phonology consist Pashto vowels and Pashto consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Pashto greetings vs English greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Pashto and English are Most Spoken Languages.

All Pashto and English 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 English dialects. Various dialects of Pashto and English language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Pashto are spoken in different Pashto Speaking Countries whereas English Dialects are spoken in different English speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Pashto vs English Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Pashto dialects include: Central Pashto, Northern Pashto. English dialects include: American English , Hiberno-English. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Pashto and English Speaking population

Pashto and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Pashto and English languages can be compared. The total count of Pashto and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Pashto vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Pashto and English Language Codes

Pashto and English language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Pashto and English Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.