Countries
Afganistan
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Total No. Of Countries
17
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Azerbaijan, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
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.
- Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
- Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Turkish
Derived From
-
Osmanly language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4432
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
79
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2923
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Salam
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Təşəkkür edirəm
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
necəsən
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
yaxşı gecə
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Axşamınız xeyir
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Günortanız Xeyir
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Sabahınız xeyir
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
lütfən
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
üzr
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
xudafiz
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Mən səni sevirəm
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Bağışlayın
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Derbent
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Russia
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0037,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Gazakh
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Azerbaijan
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0037,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Baku
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Azerbaijan
How Many People Speak
95,000.0037.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2133
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million26.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.34 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million23.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million25.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
French Name
pachto
azéri
German Name
Paschtu
Aserbeidschanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Azerbaijani
Origin
1651
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Turkic
Branch
Iranian
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Azerbaijani
Language Position
8238
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Signed Azerbaijani
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ps
az
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
aze
ISO 639 2/B
pus
aze
ISO 639 3
pus
aze
ISO 639 6
pus
aze
Glottocode
pash1269
azer1255
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
44-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative