Countries
China
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
China
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Pakistan
Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
- 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
Uzbek Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Gokturk Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3644
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
97
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2729
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ässalamu läykum.
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
rakhmat
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
تۆنۈگۈن خەير
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
birdam
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
kachurung
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Khayr khosh
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Kachurung
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Turpan
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
China
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hotan
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
China
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Lop Nur
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
China
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
721
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
10.40 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.20 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
25.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
ouïgour
pachto
German Name
Uigurisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Uyghur
Pashtun
Origin
11
1651
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
No early forms
Standard Forms
Uyghur
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
9882
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Uyghur
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
ug
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
uig
pus
ISO 639 2/B
uig
pus
ISO 639 3
uig
pus
ISO 639 6
uig
pus
Glottocode
uigh1240
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data Available
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional