Countries
Countries
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
44
Rank: 24 (Overall)
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
7
Rank: 4 (Overall)
0
32
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How Many Consonants
29
Rank: 19 (Overall)
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialects
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
Rank: 14 (Overall)
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
Rank: 4 (Overall)
700
80000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
95,000.00
Rank: 29 (Overall)
1400
96000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
21
Rank: 19 (Overall)
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
Rank: 27 (Overall)
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %
Rank: 26 (Overall)
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million
Rank: 20 (Overall)
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
pachto
German Name
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
History
Origin
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
82
Rank: 54 (Overall)
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
ISO 639 2/B
pus
ISO 639 3
pus
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Glottocode
pash1269
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional