Countries
Afganistan
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
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.
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Bengali Language
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4447
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
78
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2931
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks18 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
બાય (Bāya)
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Kathiyawadi
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0046,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Kharwa
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0056,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Surati
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
-
How Many People Speak
95,000.0056,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
218
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.74 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million50.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million55.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
French Name
pachto
goudjrati
German Name
Paschtu
Gujarati-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Gujaratis
Origin
1651
15
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Iranian
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Gujarati
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Modern Gujarati
Language Position
8223
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Signed Gujarati
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
gu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
guj
ISO 639 2/B
pus
guj
ISO 639 3
pus
guj
ISO 639 6
pus
guj
Glottocode
pash1269
guja1252
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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