Countries
Afganistan
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Pakistan
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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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.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4444
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
712
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2932
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
sannu
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
gode ku
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
yaya dai
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
barka da rana
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
mai kyau safe
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Don Allah
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
yi hakuri
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
sai anjima
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
gafara dai
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Gaananci
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Ghana
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0050,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Niger
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00150,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Daragaram
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Niger
How Many People Speak
95,000.0050.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
2120
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million50.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.52 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million35.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
50.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
pachto
haoussa
German Name
Paschtu
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[hàʊsà]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Hausa–Fulani people
Origin
1651
14
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Chadic
Branch
Iranian
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Hausa
Language Position
8234
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Signed Hausa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
ha
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
hau
ISO 639 2/B
pus
hau
ISO 639 3
pus
hau
ISO 639 6
pus
hau
Glottocode
pash1269
haus1257
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
19-HAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional