Countries
Countries
Zimbabwe
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
-
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
- 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
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3744
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4629
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Mhoro
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Waita zvako
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Manheru
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Masikati
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Mangwanani
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Ndineurombo
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Ndinokuda
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialects
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Zezuru
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
16.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
421
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
chiShona
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
shona
pachto
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Pashtun
History
Origin
20th century
1651
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Bantu
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
10782
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
sn
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
pus
ISO 639 2/B
sna
pus
ISO 639 3
sna
pus
ISO 639 6
sna
pus
Glottocode
core1255
pash1269
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional