Countries
Afganistan
Sri Lanka
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
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 Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Maldivian Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4454
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
718
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2936
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Vedda
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
-
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
-
How Many People Speak
95,000.0016,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
211
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million16.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.25 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million16.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
50.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
pachto
singhalais
German Name
Paschtu
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Sinhalese people
Origin
1651
3
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Iranian
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Modern Sinhalese
Language Position
8270
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
si
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
sin
ISO 639 2/B
pus
sin
ISO 639 3
pus
sin
ISO 639 6
pus
sin
Glottocode
pash1269
sinh1246
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional