Countries
Afganistan
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Munda Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4430
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2921
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Henda ho
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Adi Johar
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
संध्यायान
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Boge Setak’
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
দয়া করে
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
দুঃখিত
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Hariau
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Mahali
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
India
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Not present
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
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How Many People Speak
21,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Not present
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
-
How Many People Speak
95,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
211
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million6.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.02 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million6.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
50.00 million6.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
pachto
santal
German Name
Paschtu
Santali
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
1651
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic 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
Santali
Language Position
8241
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
sat
ISO 639 2/B
pus
sat
ISO 639 3
pus
sat
ISO 639 6
pus
sat
Glottocode
pash1269
sant1410
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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