Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Pakistan
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3244
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2329
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Arabic
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
سلام
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
متشکرم
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
شب بخیر
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
لطفا
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
متاسف
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
خدا حافظ
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
1221
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
65.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.99 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
65.00 million60.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
110.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
فارسی
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
persan
pachto
German Name
Persisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Persian people
Pashtun
Origin
1500 BC
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Iranian
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Persian
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
2382
1
120
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Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
fa
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
fas
pus
ISO 639 2/B
per
pus
ISO 639 3
pes
pus
ISO 639 6
pers
pus
Glottocode
fars1254
pash1269
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional