Countries
Afganistan
Ethiopia, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Pakistan
Somalia
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.
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Somali Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4434
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
710
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2924
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
akkam
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Galatoomi
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Nagayattii buli
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Akkam waarite
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Attam oolte / ooltan
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Attam bulte/bultan
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Maaloo
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
naa dhiisi
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Nagayattii!
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Sin jaaladha
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Maaloo na dabarsi
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Borana
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Ethiopia, Kenya
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.004,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Orma
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Kenya
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0066,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Wata
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Kenya
How Many People Speak
95,000.0013,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
2117
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.36 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million24.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
50.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Afaan Oromo
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Afaan Oromoo
French Name
pachto
galla
German Name
Paschtu
Galla-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ɔrɔmɔ]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Oromos
Origin
1651
16
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Cushitic
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
Afaan Oromo
Language Position
8291
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Oromo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ps
om
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
orm
ISO 639 2/B
pus
orm
ISO 639 3
pus
orm
ISO 639 6
pus
orm
Glottocode
pash1269
nucl1736
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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