Countries
Afganistan
Burkina Faso
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
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)
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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.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Dagbani Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4426
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
78
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2916
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
Kia ora
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Laafi bala
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Laafi beme ?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Ne y yungo
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
ne y zabre
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Kia ora
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Ne y yibeogo
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
gafare
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
gafare
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Wend na kon-d nindaare
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Y gafare
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Ouapadoupou
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Saremde
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Taolende
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
95,000.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
218
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million7.60 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
Mosse
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
French Name
pachto
moré
German Name
Paschtu
Mossi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[mɔ̀ːsì]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Mossi
Origin
1651
11th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Western Sudanic
Branch
Iranian
Gur (Voltaic)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Mossi
Language Position
8237
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Mossi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
mos
ISO 639 2/B
pus
mos
ISO 639 3
pus
mos
ISO 639 6
pus
mos
Glottocode
pash1269
moss1236
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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