Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2444
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2129
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Habari
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Asante
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Habari gani?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Usiku mwema
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
tafadhali
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
pole
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
nakupenda
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Samahani
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kimrima
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kimgao
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1221
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
15.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
75.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Kiswahili
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
swahili
pachto
German Name
Swahili
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Pashtun
Origin
6th century
1651
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Bantu
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
2182
1
120
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Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
sw
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
swa
pus
ISO 639 2/B
swa
pus
ISO 639 3
swa
pus
ISO 639 6
swa
pus
Glottocode
swah1254
pash1269
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional