Countries
Afganistan
Fiji, India
Total No. Of Countries
12
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, Oceania
Minority Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Central Hindi Directorate
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.
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Urdu
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4444
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
711
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2933
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
खेद (Khēda)
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
अलविदा (Alavidā)
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Khariboli
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00240,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Marwari
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Bundeli
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Bundelkhand
How Many People Speak
95,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2121
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million380.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %4.70 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million260.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million120.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
French Name
pachto
hindi
German Name
Paschtu
Hindi
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Hindustani people
Origin
1651
7th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Iranian
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Standard Hindi
Language Position
825
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
hi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
hin
ISO 639 2/B
pus
hin
ISO 639 3
pus
hin
ISO 639 6
pus
hins
Glottocode
pash1269
hind1269
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
59-AAF-qf
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic