Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
111
0
46
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National Language
Turkey
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Pakistan
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
- 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
Azerbaijani Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2944
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
87
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2129
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
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
Merhaba
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
İyi Geceler
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
günaydın
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
lütfen
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
üzgünüm
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Hoşçakal
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
26,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
480,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Gagauz
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
140,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
921
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
75.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.95 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Türkçe
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
turc
pachto
German Name
Türkisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Turkish
Pashtun
Origin
c. 1350
1651
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
1982
1
120
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Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
tr
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tur
pus
ISO 639 2/B
tur
pus
ISO 639 3
tur
pus
ISO 639 6
tur
pus
Glottocode
nucl1301
pash1269
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional