Countries
Afganistan
China, Mongolia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
China, Mongolia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
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.
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Turkish Language
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4435
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
713
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2920
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Баяртай (Bayartai)
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00123,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
95,000.005,700,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
218
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million5.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.14 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million5.70 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
50.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
French Name
pachto
mongol
German Name
Paschtu
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Mongols
Origin
1651
1224-1225
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Mongolian
Branch
Iranian
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Language Position
8226
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ps
mn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
mon
ISO 639 2/B
pus
mon
ISO 639 3
pus
mon
ISO 639 6
pus
mon
Glottocode
pash1269
mong1331
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
part of 44-BAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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