Countries
Afganistan
Rajastan, India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Rajastan, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
Nepal, Pakistan
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.
- Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
- Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages
Derived From
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Gujarati Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4442
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
710
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2932
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Devanagari
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
khammaghani
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
dhanyavaad
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Kikan ho sa?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
shubh raatri
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Shubh Honjh
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Shubh Befar
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Shubh Havar
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
kirpa
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Maaf Karo
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
bye
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
main tanne pyaar karoon
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
maaf karo
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Jogi
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
India
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0014,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Bagri
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
India
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0014,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Dhundhari
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
India
How Many People Speak
95,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
218
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million22.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.21 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million14.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
50.00 million13.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Marwari
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani
French Name
pachto
marvari
German Name
Paschtu
Marwari
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[məˈrwɑːɾi]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Marwari or Marwadi
Origin
1651
16
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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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
Marwari
Language Position
8272
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ps
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
mwr
ISO 639 2/B
pus
mwr
ISO 639 3
pus
mwr
ISO 639 6
pus
mwr
Glottocode
pash1269
raja1256
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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