Countries
Afganistan
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Language Academy of Nepal
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.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Hindi
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4448
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
712
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2936
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Devanagari
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
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good afternoon
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
कृपया
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Doteli
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Nepal
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00790,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0017,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Nepal
How Many People Speak
95,000.0017,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2112
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.25 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
pachto
népalais
German Name
Paschtu
Nepali
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[neˈpali]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Origin
1651
19 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Iranian
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Nepali
Language Position
8259
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ps
ne
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
nep
ISO 639 2/B
pus
nep
ISO 639 3
pus
npi
ISO 639 6
pus
nep
Glottocode
pash1269
nepa1254
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
12
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative