Countries
West Java
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
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
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
- 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
Madurese and Malay Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3344
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1629
9
60
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Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
40 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Nuhun
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Mangga
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Hapunten
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Punten
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Western dialect
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Banten
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern dialect
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Bogor
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Bandung
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
621
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
39.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Basa Sunda
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
soundanais
pachto
German Name
Sundanesisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Pashtun
Origin
5th century AD
1651
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Sundanese
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
4282
1
120
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Signed Forms
Sundanese Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
su
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sun
pus
ISO 639 2/B
sun
pus
ISO 639 3
sun
pus
ISO 639 6
sun
pus
Glottocode
sund1251
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional