Countries
Afganistan
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4432
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2923
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Arabic
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
سلام
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
متشکرم
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
چطور هستید?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
شب بخیر
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
عصر بخیر
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
صبح به خیر
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
لطفا
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
متاسف
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
خدا حافظ
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
من شما را دوست دارم
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
ببخشيد!
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Iran, Iraq
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0047,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Afganistan
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0012,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
95,000.007,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2112
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million65.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.99 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million65.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million110.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
فارسی
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
pachto
persan
German Name
Paschtu
Persisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Persian people
Origin
1651
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Iranian
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Persian
Language Position
8223
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
fa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
fas
ISO 639 2/B
pus
per
ISO 639 3
pus
pes
ISO 639 6
pus
pers
Glottocode
pash1269
fars1254
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
58-AAC-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic