Countries
Wales
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Wales
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
Pakistan
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
- 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
English Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
British Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2944
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
77
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2129
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Helô
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Diolch
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Nos da
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Bore da
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Hwyl
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Argentina
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
38,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
700,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Powys
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
700,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
821
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.40 million60.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.24 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.40 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.70 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
gallois
pachto
German Name
Kymrisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Welsh people
Pashtun
Origin
9th Century
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Brythonic
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
No early forms
Standard Forms
Welsh
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
3182
1
120
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Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
cy
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cym
pus
ISO 639 2/B
wel
pus
ISO 639 3
cym
pus
ISO 639 6
cym
pus
Glottocode
wels1247
pash1269
Linguasphere
50-ABA
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional