Countries
Afganistan
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Total No. Of Countries
16
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
South America
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.
- One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
- Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Aymara and Guarani Languages
Derived From
-
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4431
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2926
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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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
Rimaykullayki
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Solpayki
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Allillanchu
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Allin tuta
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Wuynas nuchis
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Wuynas tardis
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Wuynus diyas
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
jamuspa
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Pampachaykuway
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
bye
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Kuyayki
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Pampachaway
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Ancash
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Peru
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00920,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Huánuco
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Peru
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00190,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Yaru
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Peru
How Many People Speak
95,000.00150,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
2110
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million8.90 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million8.90 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
50.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Qhichwa
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
North La Paz Quechua
French Name
pachto
quechua
German Name
Paschtu
Quechua-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ˈketʃwa]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Quechua
Origin
1651
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Quechumaran Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Andean Equatorial
Branch
Iranian
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Quechua
Language Position
8223
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Signed Quechua
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ps
qu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
que
ISO 639 2/B
pus
que
ISO 639 3
pus
que
ISO 639 6
pus
que
Glottocode
pash1269
quec1387
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
Agglutinative, Synthetic