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Pashto
Pashto

Sinhalese
Sinhalese



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Countries

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

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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Greetings

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)

Dialects

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

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

History

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

Code

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

Pashto and Sinhalese Alphabets

Pashto and Sinhalese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Pashto and Sinhalese. In Pashto Alphabets there are 44 letters while in Sinhalese Alphabets there are 54 letters. To learn Pashto and Sinhalese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Pashto and Sinhalese languages. The Pashto phonology consist Pashto vowels and Pashto consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Pashto greetings vs Sinhalese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Pashto and Sinhalese are Most Spoken Languages.

All Pashto and Sinhalese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Pashto and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Pashto and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Pashto are spoken in different Pashto Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Pashto vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Pashto dialects include: Central Pashto, Northern Pashto. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Sri Lankan Sinhala. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Pashto and Sinhalese Speaking population

Pashto and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Pashto and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Pashto and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Pashto and Sinhalese on Pashto vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Pashto and Sinhalese Language Codes

Pashto and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Pashto and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.