Countries
Afganistan
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Total No. Of Countries
110
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Portugal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Pakistan
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4423
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
79
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2919
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
(salaam) سلام
Olá
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
obrigado
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Como você está?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
boa noite
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
boa Tarde
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
bom Dia
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Por Favor
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
pesaroso
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
tchau
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Brazil
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00204,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Portugal
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
95,000.004,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2126
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million231.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %3.27 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million216.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Português
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Português
French Name
pachto
portugais
German Name
Paschtu
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
1651
3rd Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Romance
Branch
Iranian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Portuguese
Language Position
826
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
pt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
por
ISO 639 2/B
pus
por
ISO 639 3
pus
por
ISO 639 6
pus
por
Glottocode
pash1269
port1283
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
51-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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