Countries
Afganistan
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Thai and Lao Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4474
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
714
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2960
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
39
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
zoo hmo
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
zoo tav su
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
thov
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Nyob zoo
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Kuv hlub koj
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
zam txim rau kuv
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Hmong Njua
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Laos
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00310,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Hmong Daw
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
China
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.001,600,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Hmong Do
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
95,000.0031,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
216
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million4.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million3.70 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
50.00 million4.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Hmong
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Mong
French Name
pachto
hmong
German Name
Paschtu
Miao-Sprachen
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[môŋ]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Hmong people
Origin
1651
19
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Iranian
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Hmong
Language Position
8224
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Hmong Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ps
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
hmn
ISO 639 2/B
pus
hmn
ISO 639 3
pus
hmv
ISO 639 6
pus
hmn
Glottocode
pash1269
firs1234
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data available
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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