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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Old German Language
Derived From
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Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4452
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
716
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2936
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Devanagari
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 weeks20 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
कृपया (kripayā)
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Not present
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
-
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00140,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Not present
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
-
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00140,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Not present
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
-
How Many People Speak
95,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
210
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million14.10 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million14.10 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
50.00 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
French Name
pachto
sanskrit
German Name
Paschtu
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Sanskrit speakers
Origin
1651
2000 B.C.
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Iranian
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Sanskrit
Language Position
8223
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
-
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
sa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
san
ISO 639 2/B
pus
san
ISO 639 3
pus
san
ISO 639 6
pus
san
Glottocode
pash1269
sans1269
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic