Countries
Afganistan
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
India
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.
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Bengali and Assamese
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4442
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
711
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2931
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, 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
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
ଦୟାକରି
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Baleswari
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
India
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0033,800,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Ganjami
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
India
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0033,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Kosli
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
India
How Many People Speak
95,000.00520,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
218
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million33.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.50 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million33.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
50.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
French Name
pachto
oriya
German Name
Paschtu
Oriya-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Odias
Origin
1651
3 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Iranian
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Standard Odia
Language Position
8232
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ps
or
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
ori
ISO 639 2/B
pus
ori
ISO 639 3
pus
ori
ISO 639 6
pus
ori
Glottocode
pash1269
macr1269
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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