Countries
Afganistan
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4444
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
717
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2927
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Assalām ‘alaikum
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
سہا مسا
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Hach t'ochoktiya
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Hach ch'i
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
مهربانی کر
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Khuda hāfiz
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Kashtawari
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Poguli
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Pogul and Paristan valleys
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.006,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Rambani
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
India
How Many People Speak
95,000.005,600,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
214
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million5.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million5.42 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
50.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
French Name
pachto
kashmiri
German Name
Paschtu
Kaschmiri
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[kəːʃur]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Kashmiris or koshur
Origin
1651
12th 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
Kashmiri
Language Position
8223
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
ks
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
kas
ISO 639 2/B
pus
kas
ISO 639 3
pus
kas
ISO 639 6
pus
kas
Glottocode
pash1269
kash1277
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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