Countries
Afganistan
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Latvia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Latvian State Language Center
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 first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4433
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
79
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2924
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Sveiki
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Paldies
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Labdien
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Labrīt
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
lūdzu
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Piedodiet!
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Livonian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Latvia
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Latvia
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
95,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
213
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Lettish
French Name
pachto
letton
German Name
Paschtu
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Latvians or Letts
Origin
1651
1530
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Baltic
Branch
Iranian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Latvian
Language Position
829
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ps
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
lav
ISO 639 2/B
pus
lav
ISO 639 3
pus
lav
ISO 639 6
pus
lav
Glottocode
pash1269
latv1249
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic