Countries
Afganistan
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4424
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
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Habari
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Asante
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Habari gani?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Habari za asubuhi
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
tafadhali
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
pole
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
bye
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Samahani
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0075,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0075,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
95,000.0075,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2112
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million150.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.42 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million15.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million75.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
pachto
swahili
German Name
Paschtu
Swahili
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
1651
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Branch
Iranian
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Swahili
Language Position
8221
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ps
sw
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
swa
ISO 639 2/B
pus
swa
ISO 639 3
pus
swa
ISO 639 6
pus
swa
Glottocode
pash1269
swah1254
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
99-AUS-m
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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