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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Pakistan
Afganistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Pakistan
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
1.4 Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
India
Pakistan
1.7 Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  • Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
  • The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
1.9 Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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52
Rank: 31 (Overall)
44
Rank: 24 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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10
Rank: 7 (Overall)
7
Rank: 4 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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40
Rank: 29 (Overall)
29
Rank: 19 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Arabic
Arabic
2.5 Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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4
Rank: 3 (Overall)
3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
خوش آمديد
(salaam) سلام
3.2 Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
سلام علیکم
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏
3.8 Please
براہ مہربانی
(lotfan) لطفا
3.9 Sorry
معاف کرنا
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
الوداع
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Dakhini
Central Pashto
4.1.1 Where They Speak
India
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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11,000,000.00
Rank: 12 (Overall)
6,500,000.00
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
Northern Pashto
4.2.1 Where They Speak
India
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
21,000,000.00
Rank: 4 (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Rekhta
Wanetsi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Asia
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
95,000.00
Rank: 29 (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
21
Rank: 19 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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104.00 million
Rank: 15 (Overall)
60.00 million
Rank: 27 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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0.99 %
Rank: 20 (Overall)
0.58 %
Rank: 26 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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61.00 million
Rank: 19 (Overall)
60.00 million
Rank: 20 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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43.00 million
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
اُردُو
(paṧto) پښتو
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bihari
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
5.3.4 French Name
ourdou
pachto
5.3.5 German Name
Urdu
Paschtu
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Pashtun
6 History
6.1 Origin
12th Century CE
1651
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
Indic
Iranian
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: 18 (Overall)
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Rank: 54 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
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6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
ur
ps
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
urd
pus
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
urd
pus
7.3 ISO 639 3
urd
pus
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
urdu1245
pash1269
7.6 Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
58-ABD-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional

Urdu and Pashto Alphabets

Urdu and Pashto Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Urdu and Pashto. In Urdu Alphabets there are 52 letters while in Pashto Alphabets there are 44 letters. To learn Urdu and Pashto languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Urdu and Pashto languages. The Urdu phonology consist Urdu vowels and Urdu consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Urdu greetings vs Pashto greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Urdu and Pashto are Most Spoken Languages.

All Urdu and Pashto Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Urdu and Pashto dialects. Various dialects of Urdu and Pashto language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Urdu are spoken in different Urdu Speaking Countries whereas Pashto Dialects are spoken in different Pashto speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Urdu vs Pashto Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Urdu dialects include: Dakhini, Hyderabadi Urdu. Pashto dialects include: Central Pashto , Northern Pashto. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Urdu and Pashto Speaking population

Urdu and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Urdu and Pashto on Urdu vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Urdu and Pashto Language Codes

Urdu and Pashto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Urdu and Pashto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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