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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
3
Rank: 12 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Pakistan
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
1.7 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
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Pashto and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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44
Rank: 24 (Overall)
32
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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7
Rank: 4 (Overall)
6
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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29
Rank: 19 (Overall)
23
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Arabic
Arabic
2.5 Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
(salaam) سلام
سلام
3.2 Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
متشکرم
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
چطور هستید?
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
شب بخیر
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
عصر بخیر
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
بعد از ظهر بخیر
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏
صبح به خیر
3.8 Please
(lotfan) لطفا
لطفا
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
متاسف
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
خدا حافظ
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
من شما را دوست دارم
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
ببخشيد!
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Western Persian
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Iran, Iraq
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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6,500,000.00
Rank: 14 (Overall)
47,000,000.00
Rank: 7 (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Dari Persian
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Afganistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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21,000,000.00
Rank: 4 (Overall)
12,500,000.00
Rank: 7 (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Tajik Persian
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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95,000.00
Rank: 29 (Overall)
7,900,000.00
Rank: 6 (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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21
Rank: 19 (Overall)
12
Rank: 12 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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60.00 million
Rank: 27 (Overall)
65.00 million
Rank: 26 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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0.58 %
Rank: 26 (Overall)
0.99 %
Rank: 20 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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60.00 million
Rank: 20 (Overall)
65.00 million
Rank: 17 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
فارسی
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
5.3.4 French Name
pachto
persan
5.3.5 German Name
Paschtu
Persisch
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
5.5 Ethnicity
Pashtun
Persian people
6 History
6.1 Origin
1651
1500 BC
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
Iranian
Iranian
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Persian
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: 54 (Overall)
23
Rank: 19 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Persian Sign Language
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
ps
fa
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
pus
fas
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
pus
per
7.3 ISO 639 3
pus
pes
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
pash1269
fars1254
7.6 Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
58-AAC-c
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic

Pashto and Persian Alphabets

Pashto and Persian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Pashto and Persian. In Pashto Alphabets there are 44 letters while in Persian Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Pashto and Persian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Pashto and Persian languages. The Pashto phonology consist Pashto vowels and Pashto consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Pashto greetings vs Persian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Pashto and Persian are Most Spoken Languages.

All Pashto and Persian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Pashto and Persian dialects. Various dialects of Pashto and Persian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Pashto are spoken in different Pashto Speaking Countries whereas Persian Dialects are spoken in different Persian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Pashto vs Persian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Pashto dialects include: Central Pashto, Northern Pashto. Persian dialects include: Western Persian , Dari Persian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Pashto and Persian Speaking population

Pashto and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Pashto and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Pashto and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Pashto and Persian on Pashto vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Pashto and Persian Language Codes

Pashto and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Pashto and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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