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)
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
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.
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Tagalog Language
Derived From
-
Spanish Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4428
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2923
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Kumusta
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Salamat
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Kumusta
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
magandang gabi
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Magandang gabi
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Magandang hapon
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Magandang umaga
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Mangyaring
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
pinagsisisihan
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Paalam
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Mahal kita
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
patawarin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Bikol
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Philippines
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00100,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Hiligaynon
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Philippines
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.008,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Waray
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Philippines
How Many People Speak
95,000.002,600,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
218
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million90.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %1.74 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million45.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million45.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
filipino
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Pilipino
French Name
pachto
filipino; pilipino
German Name
Paschtu
Pilipino
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Filipino 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
Filipino
Language Position
8234
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Filipino Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
No Data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
fil
ISO 639 2/B
pus
fil
ISO 639 3
pus
fil
ISO 639 6
pus
fil
Glottocode
pash1269
fili1244
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No Data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
-