Countries
India
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
- 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
Munda Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3044
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2129
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Henda ho
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Adi Johar
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Boge Ninda
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
संध्यायान
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
দয়া করে
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
দুঃখিত
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Hariau
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Mahali
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
India
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Not present
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
-
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
-
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
121
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
6.30 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.50 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
santal
pachto
German Name
Santali
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Pashtun
Origin
20th century
1651
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Santali
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
4182
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sat
pus
ISO 639 2/B
sat
pus
ISO 639 3
sat
pus
ISO 639 6
sat
pus
Glottocode
sant1410
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional