Countries
Afganistan
India
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
India
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)
Govenment of Goa
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.
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Marathi
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
(salaam) سلام
Namaskar
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Dev Borem Korum
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
kaso assa?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Rati Boren Zavonn
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Sanj Borem Zavonn
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Dis Borem Zavonn
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Chike
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Maf kor
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Adeus
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
hav tujo mog korta.
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
upkar korxi
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Antruz
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Goa
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Not present
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
-
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Not present
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
-
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Kōṅkaṇī
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
French Name
pachto
konkani
German Name
Paschtu
Konkani
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
kõkɳi
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Konkanis
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Kokani
Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ps
No data available
Glottocode
pash1269
goan1235
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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Pashto and Konkani Speaking population
Pashto and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Pashto and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Pashto and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Pashto and Konkani on Pashto vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Pashto and Konkani Language Codes
Pashto and Konkani language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Pashto and Konkani Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.