Countries
Afganistan
Galicia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Galicia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
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.
- In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
- The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Portuguese Language
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4423
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
77
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2919
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks28 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Ola
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Grazas
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Que tal estás?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Boas noites
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Boa tarde
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Boa tarde
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Bos días
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Por favor
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Síntoo!
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Adeus
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Ámote
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Perdoe!
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Eastern Galician
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
East Galicia
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.002,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Central Galician
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Central Galicia
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Western Galician
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
West Galicia
How Many People Speak
95,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
213
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million2.40 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million2.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Galego
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Galego, Gallego
French Name
pachto
galicien
German Name
Paschtu
Galicisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ɡaˈleɣo]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Galician people
Origin
1651
c. 1175
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Iranian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Galician
Language Position
8246
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Galician Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
gl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
glg
ISO 639 2/B
pus
glg
ISO 639 3
pus
glg
ISO 639 6
pus
glg
Glottocode
pash1269
gali1258
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
51-AAA-ab
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
-