Countries
Afganistan
Japan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Japan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Pakistan
Palau
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Korean Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4499
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2914
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Kana
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
(salaam) سلام
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.001,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Hakata
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00127,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Kansai
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
kansai
How Many People Speak
95,000.00127,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2131
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million128.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %1.90 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million128.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
日本語
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Nihongo
French Name
pachto
japonais
German Name
Paschtu
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Japanese (Yamato)
Origin
1651
1185
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Iranian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Japanese
Language Position
828
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
ja
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
jpn
ISO 639 2/B
pus
jpn
ISO 639 3
pus
jpn
ISO 639 6
pus
jpn
Glottocode
pash1269
nucl1643
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
45-CAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative, Synthetic