Countries
Afganistan
Israel
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Israel
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Pakistan
Poland
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Academy of the Hebrew Language
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.
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Derived From
-
Aramaic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4422
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
70
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2922
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Hebrew
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, 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
שלום (Shalom)
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
תודה (Toda)
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
סליחה! (Slicha)
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
להתראות (Lehitraot)
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
בבקשה!
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Israel
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Samaritan Hebrew
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Israel, Palestine
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Yemenite Hebrew
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Israel
How Many People Speak
95,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
217
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million9.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million4.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million5.60 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Israeli, Ivrit
French Name
pachto
hébreu
German Name
Paschtu
Hebräisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Hebrew-speaking people
Origin
1651
1000 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Semitic
Branch
Iranian
Canaanitic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Modern Hebrew
Language Position
8223
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Signed Hebrew
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
he
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
heb
ISO 639 2/B
pus
heb
ISO 639 3
pus
heb
ISO 639 6
pus
heb
Glottocode
pash1269
hebr1246
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
12-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic