Countries
Afganistan
European Union, Lithuania
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Lithuania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Pakistan
Poland
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
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.
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Latvian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4432
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
712
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2920
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Sveiki
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Ačiū
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Kaip sekasi?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Labanakt
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Labas vakaras
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Laba diena
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Labas rytas
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Prašom
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
atsiprašau
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Ate
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Aš myliu tave
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Atsiprašau
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Samogitian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Aukštaitian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Curonian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
95,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2110
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million3.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million3.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
lietuvių kalba
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
French Name
pachto
lituanien
German Name
Paschtu
Litauisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Lithuanians
Origin
1651
c. 1503
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Iranian
Baltic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Lithuanian
Language Position
8244
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Lithuanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
lt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
lit
ISO 639 2/B
pus
lit
ISO 639 3
pus
lit
ISO 639 6
pus
lit
Glottocode
pash1269
lith1251
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
54-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic