Countries
Afganistan
European Union, Malta
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Malta
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Pakistan
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
National Council for the Maltese Language
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.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
-
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4430
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2924
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Ħello
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Grazzi
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Kif int?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Skużani!
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Ċaw
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Qormi
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Malta
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00520,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Malta
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Not Present
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
-
How Many People Speak
95,000.00500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
212
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million0.52 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.02 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million0.52 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million0.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Malti
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Malti
French Name
pachto
maltais
German Name
Paschtu
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Maltese
Origin
1651
c. 1470
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Semitic
Branch
Iranian
North Abric
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Maltese
Language Position
8225
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
mt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
mlt
ISO 639 2/B
pus
mlt
ISO 639 3
pus
mlt
ISO 639 6
pus
mlt
Glottocode
pash1269
malt1254
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
12-AAC-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic