Countries
India
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
India
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
-
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
- 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
Old German Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Prakrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5244
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
167
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3629
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Not present
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
-
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
140,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Not present
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
-
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
140,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not present
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
-
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
140,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
021
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
14.10 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
14.10 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
-50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
sanskrit
pachto
German Name
Sanskrit
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Sanskrit speakers
Pashtun
Origin
2000 B.C.
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
2382
1
120
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Signed Forms
-
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sa
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
san
pus
ISO 639 2/B
san
pus
ISO 639 3
san
pus
ISO 639 6
san
pus
Glottocode
sans1269
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Ancient
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional