Countries
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
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National Language
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
South America
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
-
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
- Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
- 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
Aymara and Guarani Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3144
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2629
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Rimaykullayki
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Solpayki
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Allillanchu
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Allin tuta
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Wuynas nuchis
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Wuynas tardis
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Wuynus diyas
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
jamuspa
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Pampachaykuway
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Kuyayki
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Pampachaway
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Ancash
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Peru
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
920,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Huánuco
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Peru
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
190,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Yaru
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Peru
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
150,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1021
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.90 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.90 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Qhichwa
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
North La Paz Quechua
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
quechua
pachto
German Name
Quechua-Sprache
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ˈketʃwa]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Quechua
Pashtun
Origin
16th Century
1651
Language Family
Quechumaran Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Andean Equatorial
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Quechua
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
2382
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Quechua
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
qu
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
que
pus
ISO 639 2/B
que
pus
ISO 639 3
que
pus
ISO 639 6
que
pus
Glottocode
quec1387
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data Available
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional