Countries
Afganistan
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Indonesia, Island of Madura
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.
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Malay and Javanese Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4427
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2921
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Halo
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
matur nuwun
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
piye kabare?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Sugeng énjing
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
tolong
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Pamit
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Kangean
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00110,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Bawean
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.008,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Bangkalan
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
95,000.008,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
216
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million15.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.23 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million15.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
50.00 million14.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Madurese
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
French Name
pachto
madourais
German Name
Paschtu
Maduresisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[madura]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Madurese
Origin
1651
8th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indonesian
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
Madurese
Language Position
8269
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Madurese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
mad
ISO 639 2/B
pus
mad
ISO 639 3
pus
mad
ISO 639 6
pus
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Glottocode
pash1269
madu1247
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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