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Countries

Countries

Afganistan
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu

Total No. Of Countries

132
0 46
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National Language

Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
France

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Pakistan
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Regulated By

Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française

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.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

Similar To

Persian and Balochi Languages
Italian Language

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4426
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

76
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2920
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Latin

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

(salaam) سلام
bonjour

Thank You

(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Merci

How Are You?

(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏
Bonjour

Please

(lotfan) لطفا
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
désolé

Bye

(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
au revoir

I Love You

زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Central Pashto
Quebec French

Where They Speak

Afganistan, Pakistan
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

6,500,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Pashto
African French

Where They Speak

Afganistan, Pakistan
Africa

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Wanetsi
Swiss French

Where They Speak

Afganistan, Pakistan
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

95,000.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2125
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

60.00 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.58 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

60.00 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

50.00 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

(paṧto) پښتو
français

Alternative Names

Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Français

French Name

pachto
français

German Name

Paschtu
Französisch

Pronunciation

[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Pashtun
French people

History

Origin

1651
9th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Romance

Branch

Iranian
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Standard French

Language Position

8213
1 120
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Signed Forms

Pashto Sign Language
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ps
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

pus
fra

ISO 639 2/B

pus
fre

ISO 639 3

pus
fra

ISO 639 6

pus
fras

Glottocode

pash1269
stan1290

Linguasphere

58-ABD-a
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic

Pashto and French Alphabets

Pashto and French Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Pashto and French. In Pashto Alphabets there are 44 letters while in French Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Pashto and French languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Pashto and French 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 French greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Pashto and French are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Pashto and French Speaking population

Pashto and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Pashto and French languages can be compared. The total count of Pashto and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Pashto vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Pashto and French Language Codes

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