زبان پشتو

Also known as Pushto, Pushtoo, Pashto language, Pushto language, Afghani language, Pashtun, Pashtun language, Afghan

یکی از دو زبان رسمی افغانستان و دومین زبان پرکاربرد پاکستان

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Pashto is a language spoken by millions of people in Afghanistan and Pakistan, where it holds official status in Afghanistan. As an Eastern Iranian language, it belongs to the same broader language family as Persian and Kurdish, and has been documented in historical texts under the name Afghani.

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Language.ld1: Central Pashto
Language.lc2: pbu
Language.ld2: Northern Pashto
Language.lc3: pbt
Language.ld3: Southern Pashto
Language.lingua: 58-ABD-a
Language.image: Pashto.svg
Language.image_class: skin-invert-image
Language.imagecaption: The word written in the Pashto alphabet
Language.map: Map of Pashto-speaking areas in Afghanistan and Pakistan.svg
Language.mapalt: A map of Pashto-speaking areas
Language.name: Pashto
Language.pronunciation: , , ,
Language.states: AfghanistanPakistan
Language.ethnicity: Pashtuns
Language.speakers: L1: million
Language.date: 2017–2023
Language.ref: <ref name="e28

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: modern language
Subclass of: Eastern Iranian
Country: United States
Image: Pashto.svg

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writing system: Arabic script
Commons category: Pashto language
topic's main category: Category:Pashto
Wikimedia language code: ps
native label: پښتو
ethnic group: Nuristani people
linguistic typology: fusional language
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/PUS
category for films in this language: Category:Pashto-language films
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
P10369: Encyclopédie
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 38600000
P11012: Sierra del Carche
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
entry in abbreviations table: अफ़॰
P13311: 2012 Sparta Prague Open

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