Countries
Afganistan
Madagascar
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
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.
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Swahili and Comorian Languages
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
2920
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Salama!
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Misaotra
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Alina tsara
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Maraina tsara
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
azafady
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Miala tsiny
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Veloma!
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Azafady
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Merina
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Sakalava
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Plateau Malagasy
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
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How Many People Speak
95,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
212
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.28 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million18.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
50.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
pachto
malgache
German Name
Paschtu
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Malagasy people
Origin
1651
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Austronesian
Branch
Iranian
Indonesian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
standard Malagasy
Language Position
8284
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Malagasy Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ps
mg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
mlg
ISO 639 2/B
pus
mlg
ISO 639 3
pus
mlg
ISO 639 6
pus
mlg
Glottocode
pash1269
mala1537
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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