Countries
Afganistan
Belarus, Poland
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Belarus, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Poland
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
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.
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Russian and Ukrainian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4448
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2939
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
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
dobry dzień
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Dziakuj
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Jak vy ?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Dabranač
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Dobry viečar
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
dobry dzień
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Dobraj ranicy
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Kali laska
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Vybačajcie
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
da pabačennia
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
JA liubliu ciabie
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Vybačajcie
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
North-Eastern Belarusian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
North-East Belarus
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
South-Western Belarusian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
South-West Belarus
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Middle Belarusian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Middle Belarus
How Many People Speak
95,000.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
213
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million9.63 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million5.89 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
French Name
pachto
biélorusse
German Name
Paschtu
Weißrussisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Belarusians
Origin
1651
18th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Slavic
Branch
Iranian
Eastern
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Belarusian
Language Position
8279
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Belarusian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
be
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
bel
ISO 639 2/B
pus
bel
ISO 639 3
pus
bel
ISO 639 6
pus
bel
Glottocode
pash1269
bela1254
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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