Countries
Afganistan
Wales
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Wales
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Pakistan
Argentina, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Welsh Language Commissioner
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.
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
English Language
Derived From
-
British Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4429
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
77
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2921
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Helô
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Diolch
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Sut ydych chi?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Nos da
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Noswaith dda
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
P'nawn da
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Bore da
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
os gwelwch yn dda
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Hwyl
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Dw i'n dy garu di
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Esgusodwch fi
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Patagonian Welsh
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Argentina
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0038,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Y Wyndodeg
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Gwynedd
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00700,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Y Bowyseg
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Powys
How Many People Speak
95,000.00700,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
218
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million7.40 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.24 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million7.40 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
50.00 million0.70 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Cymraeg
French Name
pachto
gallois
German Name
Paschtu
Kymrisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Welsh people
Origin
1651
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Celtic
Branch
Iranian
Brythonic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Welsh
Language Position
8231
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Welsh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
cy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
cym
ISO 639 2/B
pus
wel
ISO 639 3
pus
cym
ISO 639 6
pus
cym
Glottocode
pash1269
wels1247
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
50-ABA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional