Countries
Afganistan
Georgia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Cabinet of Georgia
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.
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages
Derived From
-
Anatolian Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4433
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2928
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Arabic, Georgian script
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
ბოდიში (bodishi)
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Judaeo-Georgian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0080,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Kartlian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Kartli
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.004,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Pshavian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Pshavi
How Many People Speak
95,000.004,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
2120
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million4.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.64 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million4.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
50.00 million4.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
ქართული ენა
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
French Name
pachto
géorgien
German Name
Paschtu
Georgisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Georgians
Origin
1651
5th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Kartvelian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Southern
Branch
Iranian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Modern Georgian
Language Position
82120
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Georgian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
ps
ka
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
kat
ISO 639 2/B
pus
geo
ISO 639 3
pus
kat
ISO 639 6
pus
kat
Glottocode
pash1269
nucl1302
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative, Synthetic