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Pashto
Pashto

Somali
Somali



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Countries

Countries

Afganistan
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia

Total No. Of Countries

13
0 46
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National Language

Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Somalia

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa, Middle East

Minority Language

Pakistan
Yemen

Regulated By

Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy

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.
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.

Similar To

Persian and Balochi Languages
Afar and Oromo Language

Derived From

-
Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4426
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

75
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2921
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

35
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks52 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

(salaam) سلام
Hello

Thank You

(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Waad ku mahadsan tahay

How Are You?

(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Sidee tahay ?

Good Night

(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Habeenka Good

Good Evening

(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Evening Good

Good Afternoon

(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
galab wanaagsan

Good Morning

(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏
Subax wanaagsan

Please

(lotfan) لطفا
Fadlan

Sorry

(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
sorry

Bye

(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
caraysiiyo

I Love You

زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Waan ku jeclahay

Excuse Me

(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
iga raali ahow

Dialects

Dialect 1

Central Pashto
Northern Somali

Where They Speak

Afganistan, Pakistan
Gabon, Standard Somali

How Many People Speak

6,500,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Pashto
Benaadir

Where They Speak

Afganistan, Pakistan
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Wanetsi
Af-Ashraaf

Where They Speak

Afganistan, Pakistan
Standard Somali

How Many People Speak

95,000.0021.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

213
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

60.00 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.58 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

60.00 million8.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

50.00 million21.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

(paṧto) پښتو
af Soomaali

Alternative Names

Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga

French Name

pachto
somali

German Name

Paschtu
Somali

Pronunciation

[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[afsoomaali]

Ethnicity

Pashtun
Somalis

History

Origin

1651
19th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Cushitic

Branch

Iranian
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Somali

Language Position

8283
1 120
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Signed Forms

Pashto Sign Language
Somali Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ps
so

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

pus
som

ISO 639 2/B

pus
som

ISO 639 3

pus
som

ISO 639 6

pus
som

Glottocode

pash1269
soma1255

Linguasphere

58-ABD-a
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Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
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Pashto and Somali Alphabets

Pashto and Somali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Pashto and Somali. In Pashto Alphabets there are 44 letters while in Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Pashto and Somali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Pashto and Somali 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 Somali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Pashto and Somali are Most Spoken Languages.

All Pashto and Somali 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 Somali dialects. Various dialects of Pashto and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Pashto are spoken in different Pashto Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Pashto vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Pashto dialects include: Central Pashto, Northern Pashto. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Pashto and Somali Speaking population

Pashto and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Pashto and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Pashto and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 %. 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 Somali on Pashto vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Pashto and Somali Language Codes

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