Countries
South Africa
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
- 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
Xhosa Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5744
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
77
0
32
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How Many Consonants
5029
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sawubona
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
unjani
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Ngiyacela
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ndebele
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
421
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.16 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
isiZulu
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
zoulou
pachto
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[zuːlu]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Pashtun
Origin
19
1651
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Beatu
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
urban Zulu
No early forms
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
8782
1
120
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Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zu
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zul
pus
ISO 639 2/B
zul
pus
ISO 639 3
zul
pus
ISO 639 6
zul
pus
Glottocode
zulu1248
pash1269
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional