Countries
Afganistan
Indonesia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Indonesia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
East Timor, Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
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.
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Malay language
Derived From
-
Malay and Dutch Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4426
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2919
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
37
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Halo
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Terima kasih
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Apa kabar?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Malam yang baik
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Selamat Sore
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Selamat Pagi
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
mohon Untuk
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
maaf
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Aku cinta kamu
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Permisi
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Sundanese
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Balinese
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.003,300,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Minangkabau
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Indonesia, Malaysia
How Many People Speak
95,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2146
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million163.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %1.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million23.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million140.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Bahasa Melayu
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Bahasa Indonesia
French Name
pachto
indonésien
German Name
Paschtu
Bahasa Indonesia
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Indonesians
Origin
1651
7th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indonesian
Branch
Iranian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Malay
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Indonesian
Language Position
8256
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
id
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
ind
ISO 639 2/B
pus
ind
ISO 639 3
pus
ind
ISO 639 6
pus
ind
Glottocode
pash1269
indo1316
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