Countries
Afganistan
New Zealand
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
New Zealand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Australia, Oceania
Minority Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Māori Language Commission
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.
- "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
- The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Tahitian Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4420
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2910
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Hello
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Mauruuru koutou
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
E pēhea ana koe ?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Night pai
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
pai ahiahi
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Afternoon pai
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Morning pai
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Tēnā
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Aroha mai
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
poroporoaki
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
tukua ahau
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
South Island Māori
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00150,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Western North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Eastern North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
95,000.00150,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
213
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million0.18 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million0.18 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million0.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
te Reo Māori
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
New Zealand Maori
French Name
pachto
maori
German Name
Paschtu
Maori-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ˈmaɔɾi]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Māori people
Origin
1651
1814
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Polynesian
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
Maori
Language Position
8226
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Maori Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
mi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
mri
ISO 639 2/B
pus
mao
ISO 639 3
pus
mri
ISO 639 6
pus
mri
Glottocode
pash1269
maor1246
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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