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
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Arabic Language
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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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
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
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
95,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
213
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
Origin
1651
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Cushitic
Branch
Iranian
-
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
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
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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