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Urdu and Pashto History


Pashto and Urdu Language History


History

Origin
12th Century CE  
1651  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto  

Language Position
20  
18
82  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Pashto Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

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Early forms of Urdu and Pashto

The Early forms of Urdu and Pashto explains the evolution of Urdu and Pashto languages which is under Urdu and Pashto history. The early forms give us the early stages of the language. By studying Urdu and Pashto history we will understand how the Urdu and Pashto languages were evolved and modified according to time.

  • Early forms of Urdu: No early forms.
  • Early forms of Pashto: No early forms.
  • Standard forms of Urdu: Modern Standard Urdu.
  • Standard forms of Pashto: Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto.
  • Signed forms of Urdu: Signed Urdu
  • Signed forms of Pashto: Signed Urdu

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Urdu and Pashto Language Family

In Urdu and Pashto history, you will get to know about Urdu and Pashto language family. Go through all languages which belong to Afro-Asiatic Languages and Niger-Congo Languages and explore more about them. A language family is defined as group of languages that are derived from common ancestors. Urdu is a part of Indo-European Family while Pashto is a part of Indo-European Family. The subgroup and branch of Urdu is Indo-Iranian and Indic resp. The subgroup and branch of Pashto is Indo-Iranian and Iranian resp. Language families are subdivided into smaller units. Scripts used by these languages also depend upon their family. Check out the scripts used in Urdu and Pashto language on Urdu vs Pashto alphabets. You can also find which is the most widely spoken language in the world on Most Spoken Languages.

Urdu vs Pashto Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Urdu vs Pashto language rank. Urdu and Pashto history gives you Urdu and Pashto language rank. The Urdu language rank is 20. And Pashto language rank is 82. The language which is at the higher position has maximum number of native speakers. If you want to know the number of native speakers then go to Urdu vs Pashto.

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