Countries
Afganistan
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4437
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2946
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Mhoro
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Waita zvako
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Manheru
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Masikati
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Mangwanani
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Ndineurombo
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
bye
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Karanga
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
95,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
214
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million8.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
50.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
chiShona
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
pachto
shona
German Name
Paschtu
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Shona people
Origin
1651
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Branch
Iranian
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Standard Shona
Language Position
82107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
sna
ISO 639 2/B
pus
sna
ISO 639 3
pus
sna
ISO 639 6
pus
sna
Glottocode
pash1269
core1255
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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