Countries
Afganistan
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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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.
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Kannada Language
Derived From
-
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4451
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
716
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2935
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Namaskara
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Mast Upakara.
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Yencha Ullar?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
yedde rathre
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
yedde baiyya
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
yedde madhyana
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
yedde kaande
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Daya maltadu
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Yenna thapu aandu
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Barpe
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Kshamisi
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Brahmin tulu
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Jain
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.001,900,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Girijan
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
95,000.002.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
214
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million1.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million1.70 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
Tulu
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
French Name
pachto
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German Name
Paschtu
Tulu
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ˈtulu]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Tuluva
Origin
1651
14
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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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
Tulu
Language Position
8223
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Signed Tulu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
tcy
ISO 639 2/B
pus
tul
ISO 639 3
pus
tcy
ISO 639 6
pus
tcy
Glottocode
pash1269
tulu1258
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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