Countries
Afganistan
East Asia, European Union, South America
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
East Asia, European Union
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Akademio de Esperanto
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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Latin and Italian Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4432
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2927
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks6 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
(salaam) سلام
Halo
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Dankon
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Kiel vi sanas?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Bonan nokton
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Bonan vesperon
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Bonan posttagmezon
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Bonan matenon
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Mi petas
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Mi bedaŭras!
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Ĝis poste
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Mi amas vin
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Pardonu!
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Not present
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Not present
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Not present
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Not present
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.001,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Not present
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Not present
How Many People Speak
95,000.002,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
210
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million2.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million0.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Esperanto
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
French Name
pachto
espéranto
German Name
Paschtu
Esperanto
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[espeˈranto]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Esperanto speakers
Origin
1651
1887
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Iranian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Esperanto
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Esperanto
Language Position
8233
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Signuno
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
eo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
epo
ISO 639 2/B
pus
epo
ISO 639 3
pus
epo
ISO 639 6
pus
epo
Glottocode
pash1269
espe1235
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
51-AAB-da
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Constructed
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative