Countries
Afganistan
Estonia, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Estonia, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Pakistan
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Institute of the Estonian Language
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.
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Finnish
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4427
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
79
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2918
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Tere
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
aitäh
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
kuidas sul läheb
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Head ööd
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Tere õhtust
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Tere päevast
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Tere hommikust
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Palun
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Vabandust
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Head aega
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
ma armastan sind
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Vabandage
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Keskmurre
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.001,300,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Tartu
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Georgia, South Estonia
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.001,300,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Idamurre
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
How Many People Speak
95,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
218
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million1.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million0.95 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million1.10 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
eesti keel
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Eesti keel
French Name
pachto
estonien
German Name
Paschtu
Estnisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Estonians
Origin
1651
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Finno-Ugric
Branch
Iranian
Finnic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Estonian
Language Position
8222
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ps
et
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
est
ISO 639 2/B
pus
est
ISO 639 3
pus
est
ISO 639 6
pus
est
Glottocode
pash1269
esto1258
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative