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Pashto
Pashto

Uyghur
Uyghur



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Countries

Countries

Afganistan
China

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
China

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Pakistan
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan

Regulated By

Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

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.
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.

Similar To

Persian and Balochi Languages
Uzbek Language

Derived From

-
Gokturk Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4436
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

79
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2927
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom

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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Greetings

Hello

(salaam) سلام
Ässalamu läykum.

Thank You

(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
rakhmat

How Are You?

(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?

Good Night

(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun

Good Evening

(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!

Good Afternoon

(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
تۆنۈگۈن خەير

Good Morning

(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!

Please

(lotfan) لطفا
birdam

Sorry

(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
kachurung

Bye

(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Khayr khosh

I Love You

زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
sizni yahshi kOrman

Excuse Me

(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Kachurung

Dialects

Dialect 1

Central Pashto
Turpan

Where They Speak

Afganistan, Pakistan
China

How Many People Speak

6,500,000.0010,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Pashto
Hotan

Where They Speak

Afganistan, Pakistan
China

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Wanetsi
Lop Nur

Where They Speak

Afganistan, Pakistan
China

How Many People Speak

95,000.0025,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

217
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

60.00 million10.40 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.58 %0.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

60.00 million8.20 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

50.00 million25.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

(paṧto) پښتو
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)

Alternative Names

Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga

French Name

pachto
ouïgour

German Name

Paschtu
Uigurisch

Pronunciation

[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]

Ethnicity

Pashtun
Uyghur

History

Origin

1651
11

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Turkic Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
-

Branch

Iranian
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki

Standard Forms

Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Uyghur

Language Position

8298
1 120
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Signed Forms

Pashto Sign Language
Signed Uyghur

Scope

Individual
-

Code

ISO 639 1

ps
ug

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

pus
uig

ISO 639 2/B

pus
uig

ISO 639 3

pus
uig

ISO 639 6

pus
uig

Glottocode

pash1269
uigh1240

Linguasphere

58-ABD-a
No data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
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Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
-

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
-

Pashto and Uyghur Alphabets

Pashto and Uyghur Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Pashto and Uyghur. In Pashto Alphabets there are 44 letters while in Uyghur Alphabets there are 36 letters. To learn Pashto and Uyghur languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Pashto and Uyghur languages. The Pashto phonology consist Pashto vowels and Pashto consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Pashto greetings vs Uyghur greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Pashto and Uyghur are Most Spoken Languages.

All Pashto and Uyghur Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Pashto and Uyghur dialects. Various dialects of Pashto and Uyghur language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Pashto are spoken in different Pashto Speaking Countries whereas Uyghur Dialects are spoken in different Uyghur speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Pashto vs Uyghur Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Pashto dialects include: Central Pashto, Northern Pashto. Uyghur dialects include: Turpan , Hotan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Pashto and Uyghur Speaking population

Pashto and Uyghur speaking population is one of the factors based on which Pashto and Uyghur languages can be compared. The total count of Pashto and Uyghur Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 %. 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 Uyghur on Pashto vs Uyghur where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Pashto and Uyghur Language Codes

Pashto and Uyghur language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Pashto and Uyghur Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.