Countries
Afganistan
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Total No. Of Countries
111
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Pakistan
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Turkish Language Association
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.
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Azerbaijani Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4429
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
78
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2921
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
(salaam) سلام
Merhaba
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
teşekkür ederim
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Nasılsın?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
İyi Geceler
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
İyi Akşamlar
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Tünaydın
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
günaydın
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
lütfen
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
üzgünüm
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Hoşçakal
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Seni seviyorum
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Afedersiniz
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Azerbaijani Turkish
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0026,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Crimean Turkish
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00480,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Gagauz
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
How Many People Speak
95,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
219
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million75.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.95 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Türkçe
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Anatolian, Türkisch
French Name
pachto
turc
German Name
Paschtu
Türkisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Turkish
Origin
1651
c. 1350
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Turkic
Branch
Iranian
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Language Position
8219
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Turkish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
tr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
tur
ISO 639 2/B
pus
tur
ISO 639 3
pus
tur
ISO 639 6
pus
tur
Glottocode
pash1269
nucl1301
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
44-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic