Pakhto

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Eastern Iranian language language

Pakhto is an alternative name for Pashto, an Eastern Iranian language spoken primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Pukhto 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Iranian language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternativeNameOf Pashto language ⓘ
surface form: Pashto
closelyRelatedTo Balochi ⓘ
Dari ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Pashto language ⓘ
surface form: Pashto

Pakhto ⓘ
surface form: Pukhto

Pushto ⓘ
hasDialect Pashto language ⓘ
surface form: Central Pashto

Pashto language ⓘ
surface form: Northern Pashto

Pashto language ⓘ
surface form: Southern Pashto

Wanetsi ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature grammatical gender ⓘ
noun cases ⓘ
split ergativity ⓘ
hasLiteraryTraditionSince 17th century ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature aspirated consonants ⓘ
retroflex consonants ⓘ
hasStandardForm Pashto language ⓘ
surface form: Standard Pashto of Kabul

Pashto language ⓘ
surface form: Standard Pashto of Peshawar
ISO639-1Code ps ⓘ
ISO639-2Code pus ⓘ
ISO639-3Code pus ⓘ
languageCode ps-AF ⓘ
ps-PK ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Iranian languages ⓘ
nativeName پښتو ⓘ
officialLanguageOf Afghanistan ⓘ
primaryCountry Afghanistan ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
recognizedLanguageIn Pakistan ⓘ
scriptVariant Pashto Arabic script with additional letters ⓘ
spokenBy Pashtuns ⓘ
spokenIn Balochistan, Pakistan ⓘ
surface form: Balochistan (Pakistan)

Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical region) ⓘ
surface form: Federally Administered Tribal Areas

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
eastern Afghanistan ⓘ
southern Afghanistan ⓘ
subfamily Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
usedAs lingua franca in parts of Afghanistan ⓘ
lingua franca in parts of northwestern Pakistan ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
Pashto alphabet ⓘ
writingSystemDirection right-to-left ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pakhto → hasAlternativeName → Pakhto ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pukhto