Countries
India, Pakistan
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Pakistan
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
India
Pakistan
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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.
Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5244
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
107
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4029
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Arabic
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
خوش آمديد
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
براہ مہربانی
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
معاف کرنا
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
الوداع
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Dakhini
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
India
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
India
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
69,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rekhta
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
South Asia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
69,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
321
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.99 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
61.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
43.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
اُردُو
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Bihari
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
ourdou
pachto
German Name
Urdu
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people
Pashtun
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
2082
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ur
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
urd
pus
ISO 639 2/B
urd
pus
ISO 639 3
urd
pus
ISO 639 6
urd
pus
Glottocode
urdu1245
pash1269
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional