Countries
Afganistan
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Pakistan
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Kazakh language agency
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 Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4424
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2917
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
bye
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Northeastern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0018,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Southern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0018,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Western Kazakh
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
95,000.0018,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
213
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.17 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
French Name
pachto
kazakh
German Name
Paschtu
Kasachisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Kazahks
Origin
1651
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Turkic
Branch
Iranian
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Kazakh
Language Position
8293
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Kazakh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
kk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
kaz
ISO 639 2/B
pus
kaz
ISO 639 3
pus
kaz
ISO 639 6
pus
kaz
Glottocode
pash1269
kaza1248
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative