Countries
India, Pakistan
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Pakistan
Regulated By
-
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
- 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
Hindi Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5344
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
97
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4129
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3021
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.44 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
pendjabi
pachto
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Paschtu
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Pashtun
Origin
1000 AD
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
2382
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
pus
ISO 639 2/B
pan
pus
ISO 639 3
pan
pus
ISO 639 6
panj
pus
Glottocode
panj1256
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional