ISO 639-3 · puspus
Indo-European family · macrolanguage
Pashto
پښتو ژبه
Pashto is a macrolanguage of the Eastern Iranian branch (Indo-European), spoken in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Iran and 5 more countries. Wikidata counts 39 m first-language speakers (2009). Wikidata describes it as “Indo-Aryan language of Afghanistan and Pakistan”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
pus- ISO 639-1
ps- Glottocode
pash1269- Family
- Indo-European
- UNESCO
- Safe
- Centre point
- 34.00, 70.00
- Wikipedia
- 143 language editions
39 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
9countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
SafeUNESCO level
Facts
| Name | Pashto · پښتو ژبه |
|---|---|
| Also called | Pushto, Pushtoo, Pashto language, Pushto language, Afghani language |
| L1 speakers | 39,000,000 (2007) |
| All speakers | 50,000,000 (2009) |
| Written in | Arabic script |
| Official in | Afghanistan |
| Kind | macrolanguage |
Vitality
UNESCO: Safe
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Pashto
The branches above Pashto, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Afghanistanofficial · 46 languages in the indexPakistan71 languages in the indexIndia395 languages in the indexIran78 languages in the indexTajikistan17 languages in the indexTurkmenistan8 languages in the indexUnited Arab Emirates11 languages in the indexCanada112 languages in the indexUnited States245 languages in the index
Also spoken in Afghanistan
araArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafepanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafefasFarsiIndo-European · 70 mSafeazeAzerbaijaniTurkic · 35 mSafeuzbUzbekWestern Karluk · 27 mSafetgkTajikunclassified · 14 m1 · NationaluigUyghurEastern Karluk · 10.4 m2 · ProvincialprsDariIndo-European · 9.6 m1 · NationaltukTurkmenTurkic · 7 m1 · NationaluzsSouthern UzbekWestern Karluk · 4.2 m2 · Provincial