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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Afganistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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3
Rank: 12 (Overall)
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
1.4 Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Pakistan
1.7 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)
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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32
Rank: 14 (Overall)
44
Rank: 24 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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6
Rank: 3 (Overall)
7
Rank: 4 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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23
Rank: 13 (Overall)
29
Rank: 19 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Arabic
Arabic
2.5 Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
سلام
(salaam) سلام
3.2 Thank You
متشکرم
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
چطور هستید?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
شب بخیر
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
عصر بخیر
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
صبح به خیر
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏
3.8 Please
لطفا
(lotfan) لطفا
3.9 Sorry
متاسف
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
خدا حافظ
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Western Persian
Central Pashto
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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47,000,000.00
Rank: 7 (Overall)
6,500,000.00
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Northern Pashto
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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12,500,000.00
Rank: 7 (Overall)
21,000,000.00
Rank: 4 (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Wanetsi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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7,900,000.00
Rank: 6 (Overall)
95,000.00
Rank: 29 (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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12
Rank: 12 (Overall)
21
Rank: 19 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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65.00 million
Rank: 26 (Overall)
60.00 million
Rank: 27 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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0.99 %
Rank: 20 (Overall)
0.58 %
Rank: 26 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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65.00 million
Rank: 17 (Overall)
60.00 million
Rank: 20 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
فارسی
(paṧto) پښتو
5.3.3 Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
5.3.4 French Name
persan
pachto
5.3.5 German Name
Persisch
Paschtu
5.4 Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
5.5 Ethnicity
Persian people
Pashtun
6 History
6.1 Origin
1500 BC
1651
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
Iranian
Iranian
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Persian
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: 54 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
fa
ps
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
fas
pus
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
per
pus
7.3 ISO 639 3
pes
pus
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
fars1254
pash1269
7.6 Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
58-ABD-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional

Persian and Pashto Alphabets

Persian and Pashto Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Persian and Pashto. In Persian Alphabets there are 32 letters while in Pashto Alphabets there are 44 letters. To learn Persian and Pashto languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Persian and Pashto languages. The Persian phonology consist Persian vowels and Persian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Persian greetings vs Pashto greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Persian and Pashto are Most Spoken Languages.

All Persian and Pashto Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Persian and Pashto dialects. Various dialects of Persian and Pashto language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Persian are spoken in different Persian Speaking Countries whereas Pashto Dialects are spoken in different Pashto speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Persian vs Pashto Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Persian dialects include: Western Persian, Dari Persian. Pashto dialects include: Central Pashto , Northern Pashto. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Persian and Pashto Speaking population

Persian and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Persian and Pashto on Persian vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Pashto Language Codes

Persian and Pashto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Persian and Pashto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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