Countries
Afganistan
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4453
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
715
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2941
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Mappila
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
India
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0038,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
95,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
213
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million38.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.57 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
pachto
malayalam
German Name
Paschtu
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Malayali
Origin
1651
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Iranian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early form
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Malayalam
Language Position
8229
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Signed Malayalam
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
ml
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
mal
ISO 639 2/B
pus
mal
ISO 639 3
pus
mal
ISO 639 6
pus
mal
Glottocode
pash1269
mala1464
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic