Pashto | |
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پښتو Pax̌tō | |
The wird Pax̌tō written in the Pashto alphabet | |
Pronunciation | [ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː] |
Native tae | Afghanistan an Pakistan |
Region | Sooth Asia, Central Asie |
Ethnicity | Pashtuns |
Native speakers | 50–60 million (2007–2009)[1][2][3] |
Indo-European
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Staundart forms | Central Pashto
Northren Pashto
Soothren Pashto
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Dialects | ~20 dialects |
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Offeecial status | |
Offeecial leid in | Afghanistan[4] |
Recognised minority leid in | |
Regulatit bi | Academy o Sciences o Afghanistan, Pashto Academy, Pakistan[6] |
Leid codes | |
ISO 639-1 | ps – Pashto, Pushto |
ISO 639-2 | pus – Pushto, Pashto |
ISO 639-3 | pus – inclusive code – Pashto, PushtoIndividual codes: pst – Central Pashtopbu – Northern Pashtopbt – Southern Pashtowne – Wanetsi |
Glottolog | pash1269 Pashto[7] |
Linguasphere | 58-ABD-a |
Pashto (Naskh: پښتو [paʂˈto]; forby transliteratit Pakhto, Pushto, Pukhto, Pashtu, or Pushtu), cried Afghani[8] an aa, is a member o the Eastren Iranian leids group which is spoken primarily bi the Pashtun fowk in Afghanistan an Pakistan, as well as bi the Pashtun diaspora athort the globe.[9]