Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Pakistan
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
- 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
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2944
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
127
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1729
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
e dupe
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
ka a ale
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
e kaaro
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Jowo
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
binu
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
500,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ede
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
800,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
10,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2021
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
30.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Yorùbá
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
yoruba
pachto
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Pashtun
Origin
4 BC
1651
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Kwa
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
4982
1
120
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Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
yo
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yor
pus
ISO 639 2/B
yor
pus
ISO 639 3
yor
pus
ISO 639 6
yor
pus
Glottocode
yoru1245
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional