Countries
Afganistan
Burma
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4421
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2919
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Bwakeye
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Urakoze
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Urakomeye?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Mwaramutse
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Ndagusavye
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Ndasubiza
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
N’agasaga
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Ndi waramutse
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Ndasaba
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Ha
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00990,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Shubi
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
95,000.00153,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
216
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million8.80 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million8.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Rundi, Urundi
French Name
pachto
rundi
German Name
Paschtu
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Origin
1651
1500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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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
Kirundi
Language Position
8286
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Kirundi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
ps
rn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
run
ISO 639 2/B
pus
run
ISO 639 3
pus
run
ISO 639 6
pus
run
Glottocode
pash1269
rund1242
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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