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ISO 639-3 · pbtpbt
Indo-European family
Southern Pashto
Southern Pashto is a language of the Eastern Iranian branch (Indo-European), spoken in Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Tajikistan. Wikidata counts 10.9 m first-language speakers (2019). Wikidata describes it as “Pashto dialect”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
pbt- Glottocode
sout2649- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 1 National
- Wikipedia
- 8 language editions
10.9 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
4countries
—scripts
4levels in the tree
1EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Southern Pashto |
|---|---|
| Also called | Southwestern Pashto, Kandahari Pashto, South Western Pashto, South Eastern Pashto, Kandahārí Pashtó |
| L1 speakers | 10,900,000 (2019) |
Vitality
EGIDS 1 National1
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Southern Pashto
The branches above Southern Pashto, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
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where it is spoken
Countries
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