Pashto language

E6957
Eastern Iranian language Indo-Iranian language natural language subject of linguistic study

Pashto is an Eastern Iranian language spoken primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan, serving as one of Afghanistan’s official languages and a key marker of Pashtun ethnic identity.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Pashto 398
Pashto language canonical 19
Central Pashto 2

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Iranian language ⓘ
Indo-Iranian language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
subject of linguistic study ⓘ
branchOf Eastern Iranian languages ⓘ
culturallyAssociatedWith Pashtun culture ⓘ
Pashtunwali code of conduct ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Pashto language ⓘ
surface form: Afghani (language)

Pakhto ⓘ
Pashtu ⓘ
Pushto ⓘ
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers over 40 million ⓘ
hasDialect Pashto language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Central Pashto

Pashto language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Northern Pashto

Pashto language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Southern Pashto

Wanetsi ⓘ
hasHistoricalInfluenceFrom Arabic ⓘ
surface form: Arabic language

Persian language ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature SOV basic word order ⓘ
aspirated consonants ⓘ
case system ⓘ
grammatical gender ⓘ
retroflex consonants ⓘ
split ergativity ⓘ
tonal contrasts in some dialects ⓘ
hasLoanwordsFrom Arabic ⓘ
surface form: Arabic language

Persian language ⓘ
Urdu language ⓘ
hasNativeName پښتو ⓘ
hasPhonologicalInfluenceOn neighboring regional languages in Afghanistan and Pakistan ⓘ
ISO639-1Code ps ⓘ
ISO639-2Code pus ⓘ
ISO639-3Code pus ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Iranian languages ⓘ
officialLanguageOf Afghanistan ⓘ
primaryLanguageOfEthnicGroup Pashtuns ⓘ
surface form: Pashtun people
recognizedLanguageIn Pakistan ⓘ
region Central Asia ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
regulatesOrStandardizesBy Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan ⓘ
spokenIn Afghanistan ⓘ
Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) ⓘ
surface form: Balochistan (Pakistan)

Eastern Afghanistan ⓘ
Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical region) ⓘ
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
Afghanistan ⓘ
surface form: Northern Afghanistan

Pakistan ⓘ
Pashtun diaspora communities ⓘ
Southern Afghanistan ⓘ
Western Afghanistan ⓘ
subclassOf Indo-European language ⓘ
Iranian language ⓘ
usedAs lingua franca in parts of Afghanistan ⓘ
medium of education in Pashto-speaking regions ⓘ
usedIn Afghan government communication ⓘ
Pashto literature ⓘ
Pashto media ⓘ
Pashto poetry ⓘ
usesScriptVariant Naskh-based script ⓘ
Nastaʿlīq-based script ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
surface form: Pashto alphabet

Perso-Arabic script ⓘ

Referenced by (428)

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

Indo-European language family → includesLanguage → Pashto language ⓘ
Pakistan → recognizedRegionalLanguage → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashto
Persian language → influencedLanguage → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashto
Perso-Arabic script → usedFor → Pashto language ⓘ
Malala Yousafzai → languageSpoken → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashto
Pashto language → hasAlternativeName → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afghani (language)
Pashto language → hasDialect → Pashto language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Pashto
Pashto language → hasDialect → Pashto language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Pashto
Pashto language → hasDialect → Pashto language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Pashto
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa → majorLanguage → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashto
Afghanistan → officialLanguage → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashto
Google Translate → availableLanguage → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashto
Durrani Empire → language → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashto
Islamic world → hasLanguage → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashto
Voice of America → languageOfWorkOrName → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashto
Sima Samar → languageSpoken → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashto
Iranian languages → hasMajorLanguage → Pashto language ⓘ
Hazaragi → hasInfluenceFrom → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashto
Hazaragi → hasLoanwordsFrom → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashto
Indo-Iranian languages → includesLanguage → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashto
Nastaʿlīq → usedForLanguage → Pashto language ⓘ
Zhob → languageUsed → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashto
Pashtuns → language → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashto
Eastern Arabic numerals → usedInLanguage → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashto
pir → languageContext → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashto
Pishin → languageSpoken → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashto
Brahui people → historicalLanguageContact → Pashto language ⓘ
Sibi → languageUsed → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashto
Ziauddin Yousafzai → languageSpoken → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashto
Afghan National Army → languageOfCommand → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashto
Doha Agreement (2020) → language → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashto
Hamid Karzai → languageSpoken → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashto
Hamid Karzai → nativeLanguage → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashto
Afghan National Police → languageOfOperation → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashto
Ashraf Ghani → nativeLanguage → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashto
Loralai → languageSpoken → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashto
Arabic alphabet → usedFor → Pashto language ⓘ
Southern Afghanistan → predominantLanguage → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashto
Eastern Iranian languages → hasMember → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashto
Eastern Iranian languages → hasLivingLanguage → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashto
Western Afghanistan → dominantLanguage → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashto
Prasun language → usedAlongside → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashto
World War I poetry → hasLanguage → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashto
Pakhto → alternativeNameOf → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashto
Pakhto → hasDialect → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Pashto
Pakhto → hasDialect → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Pashto
Pakhto → hasDialect → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Pashto
Pakhto → hasStandardForm → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Pashto of Kabul
Pakhto → hasStandardForm → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Pashto of Peshawar
Pakhto → hasAlternativeName → Pashto language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pashto