Countries
Afganistan
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nepal
Speaking Continents
Asia
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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4447
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
78
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2922
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Devanagari
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
pranam
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
dhanyabad
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Śubharātri
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Suprabhaat
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
kripaya
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
maf karai
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Alavidā
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
kripaya
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Nepal
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0035,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
North India
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0035,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Khortha
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
95,000.0035,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
2115
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million32.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.41 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million27.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
50.00 million2.80 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
pachto
maithili
German Name
Paschtu
Maithili
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Maithil
Origin
1651
14th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European 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
Standard Maithili
Language Position
8240
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
mai
ISO 639 2/B
pus
mai
ISO 639 3
pus
mai
ISO 639 6
pus
mai
Glottocode
pash1269
mait1250
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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