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Pashto Language



Countries

Countries
Afganistan

Total No. Of Countries
1 14

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
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Alphabets
44 24

Phonology

How Many Vowels
7 4

How Many Consonants
29 19

Scripts
Arabic

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels
3 2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks 17

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 42

Dialect 2
Northern Pashto

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00 25

Dialect 3
Wanetsi

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan

How Many People Speak
95,000.00 70

Total No. Of Dialects
21 19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million 27

Speaking Population
0.58 % 28

Native Speakers
60.00 million 20

Second Language Speakers
50.00 million 18

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 64

Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language

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
pus

Glottocode
pash1269

Linguasphere
58-ABD-a

Types of Language

Language Type
Living

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional

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Origin of Pashto language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Pashto language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Pashto language states that it was put to use in 1651. The history of Pashto language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Pashto Language History. Pashto has no early forms. Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto is the standard form of Pashto language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Pashto Language.

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Pashto population

Pashto population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Pashto language. Pashto language is spoken by 60.00 million people in the world. Most of the Pashto population lies in the Pashto Speaking Countries. Pashto language is spoken as first language by 60.00 million people and as second language by about 50.00 million people. Get to know Pashto speaking population in detail.

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Pashto writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Pashto writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Pashto language. Some languages share common writing systems. Arabic script is used by Pashto language. Learn more about . 

Information about Pashto language

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