Countries
Afganistan
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Commission on the Filipino 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.
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4432
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2920
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Kablaaw
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Agyamanak
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Kumusta?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Naimbag a rabii
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Naimbag a sardam
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Naimbag a malem
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Naimbag a bigat
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
mangngegda
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Agpakawanak
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Pakada
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Ayayatenka
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Maawan-dayawen
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Balangao
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Philippines
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0021,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Bontoc
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Philippines
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0041,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Not present
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Not present
How Many People Speak
95,000.008,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
212
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million9.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million9.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
ilokano
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Ilokano, Iloko
French Name
pachto
ilocano
German Name
Paschtu
Ilokano-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[iːloˈkɑno]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Ilocano people
Origin
1651
18th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Iranian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Modern Ilocano
Language Position
8294
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Ilocano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
ilo
ISO 639 2/B
pus
ilo
ISO 639 3
pus
ilo
ISO 639 6
pus
ilo
Glottocode
pash1269
ilok1237
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
31-CBA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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