Countries
Afganistan
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Pakistan
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
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.
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Romanian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4436
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
77
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2929
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Përshëndetje
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Si jeni?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
natën e mirë
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
mirëdita
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
mirëmengjes
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Ju lutem
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Me fal
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
mirupafshim
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Më falni
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.003,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Italy
How Many People Speak
95,000.00100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
214
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million7.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million3.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million3.60 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Shqip
French Name
pachto
albanais
German Name
Paschtu
Albanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Albanians
Origin
1651
1462 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Iranian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Standard Albanian
Language Position
8214
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
sq
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
sqi
ISO 639 2/B
pus
alb
ISO 639 3
pus
sqi
ISO 639 6
pus
sqi
Glottocode
pash1269
alba1267
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
55-AAA-aaa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic