Countries
Afganistan
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
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
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Crimean Turkish
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Türkçe
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Anatolian, Türkisch
German Name
Paschtu
Türkisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Turkish
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Turkic
Branch
Iranian
Southwestern(Oghuz)
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)
Signed Forms
Not Available
Turkish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
pash1269
nucl1301
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
44-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic
Pashto and Turkish Speaking population
Pashto and Turkish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Pashto and Turkish languages can be compared. The total count of Pashto and Turkish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 %. 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 Turkish on Pashto vs Turkish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Pashto and Turkish Language Codes
Pashto and Turkish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Pashto and Turkish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.