Countries
Afganistan
European Union, Slovenia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Pakistan
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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.
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Serbo-Croatian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4425
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2920
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Latin
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
Halo
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Hvala
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Kako se imate?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Lahko noč
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Dober večer
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Dober dan
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Dobro jutro
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Prosim
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Oprostite
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Nasvidenje
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Ljubim te
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Prekmurje Slovene
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Hungary, Slovenia
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0080,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Resian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Italy
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Styrian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Slovenia
How Many People Speak
95,000.002,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2148
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million2.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Slovenščina
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Slovenian, Slovenscina
French Name
pachto
slovène
German Name
Paschtu
Slowenisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Slovenes
Origin
1651
972-1093
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Iranian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Slovene
Language Position
8228
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Slovene Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
sl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
slv
ISO 639 2/B
pus
slv
ISO 639 3
pus
slv
ISO 639 6
pus
slv
Glottocode
pash1269
slov1268
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
53-AAA-f
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional