Countries
Afganistan
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Malaysia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
Thailand
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Indonesian Language
Derived From
-
Tamil Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4426
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2924
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Hai
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
terima kasih
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Apa khabar?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Selamat pagi
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
sila
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)
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.001,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Pekal
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0030,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Musi
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
95,000.003,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2124
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million175.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %1.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million98.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Bahasa Malaysia
French Name
pachto
malais
German Name
Paschtu
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Malaysian people
Origin
1651
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Iranian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Language Position
8254
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
ms
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
msa
ISO 639 2/B
pus
may
ISO 639 3
pus
zsm
ISO 639 6
pus
may
Glottocode
pash1269
stan1306
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