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Pashto

Iranian Languages

Pashto is an Eastern Iranian language belonging to the Indo-European language family, natively spoken in northwestern Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan.

Facts
ISO 639-3 Code
pus 1
Speaker Count
51,000,000 1
2017-2023 estimate, first-language speakers (plus 4.9 million second-language speakers, 2022).
Status
Living 1
Attested From (Year)
from 1501 2
Region
Northwestern Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan 1
Classification
Official Status
Official Language 1
Connections

In Family

Indo-European, Language Families
Source Wikipedia: Pashto

Written In

Arabic Script, Scripts

Pashto uses an extended Perso-Arabic alphabet with added letters for Pashto-specific sounds.

In the Other Atlases

Cases Where Used

Pashtun

Also in Society and Culture Atlas: used in this subject.

Found In

Asia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Wikipedia: PashtoLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 2
Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
Pashto (, PASH-toh; پښتو, Pəx̌tó, [pəʂˈto, pʊxˈto, pəʃˈto, pəçˈto]) is an Eastern Iranian language, belonging to the Indo-European language family, natively spoken in northwestern Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Pashto
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Pashto (, PASH-toh; پښتو, Pəx̌tó, [pəʂˈto, pʊxˈto, pəʃˈto, pəçˈto]) is an Eastern Iranian language, belonging to the Indo-European language family, natively spoken in northwestern Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan.
  • Infobox: iso2
    pus
  • Infobox: date
    2017-2023
  • Lead section, first sentence, full sentence
    is an Eastern Iranian language, belonging to the Indo-European language family, natively spoken in northwestern Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan.
  • Lead section, first sentence, place of use
    natively spoken in northwestern Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan
  • Official status, Pashto entity page
    It is one of the two official languages of Afghanistan.
  • In Family: Indo-European, Infobox, Language family
    Top family: Indo-European languages; immediate branch: Southeastern Iranian languages.
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2. Omniglot: Pashto language, alphabet and pronunciation
OmniglotLanguage at a glance
Quote, Language at a glance
First written : 16th century
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