Countries
Afganistan
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4433
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
77
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2931
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Selam
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Dehina newot?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Dehna dur
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
i'ndemin adäru
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
i'bakwon
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
aznallehu
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
tschao
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Gondar
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Gondar
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Showa
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
95,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
215
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million18.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.37 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
50.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
pachto
amharique
German Name
Paschtu
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Amharas
Origin
1651
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Semitic
Branch
Iranian
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Amharic
Language Position
8255
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
amh
ISO 639 2/B
pus
amh
ISO 639 3
pus
amh
ISO 639 6
pus
amh
Glottocode
pash1269
amha1245
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional