Countries
Afganistan
Thailand
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
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.
- Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
- You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Lao Language
Derived From
-
Khmer Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4444
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
732
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2944
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Thai
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
โปรด (Pord)
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Isan
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Isan
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Northern Thailand
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
How Many People Speak
95,000.004,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
219
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.85 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million20.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million40.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
French Name
pachto
thaï
German Name
Paschtu
Thailändisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Origin
1651
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tai
Branch
Iranian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Thai
Language Position
8247
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
th
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
tha
ISO 639 2/B
pus
tha
ISO 639 3
pus
tha
ISO 639 6
pus
tha
Glottocode
pash1269
thai1261
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
47-AAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating