Iranian languages

language of Kurds

Pashto (, ; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family, natively spoken in northwestern Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan. It has official status in Afghanistan. It was also known in historical Persian literature as Afghani ().

branch of the Indo-Iranian languages in the Indo-European language family

reconstructed ancestor language of Persian, Avestan, Kurdish, Pashto and others

supposed language of Xiongnu people

thumb|Pahla in Parthian regions Pahla (Persian: پهله, arabized as Fahla فهله) or Pahlaw (پهلو) refers to the late antique and post-Islamic region of the Parthians in central and western Iran, which corresponds to the early ancient regions of Atropatene (Media Atropatene) and Media Magna.