Pashto
Pashto is an Indo-European language spoken in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and India, by about 20.9 million people.
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Northern Pashto (Pashto: شمالي پښتو) is a standard variety of the Pashto language spoken in the northern and central parts of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and central-eastern Afghanistan, comprising the Northwestern and Northeastern dialects of Pashto.
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Written down
د بشر ټول افراد ازاد نړۍ ته راځي او د حيثيت او د حقوقو له پلوه سره برابر دي۔ ټول د عقل او وجدان خاوندان دي او بايد يو له بل سره د ورورۍ په روحيه سره چلنند کړي۔
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Pashto
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | sare* | |
| name | num* | |
| eye | st3rg3* | |
| ear | xw3g* | |
| nose | poz3* | |
| tooth | xax* | |
| tongue | jib3* | |
| hand | las* | |
| blood | wina* | |
| bone | aduke* | |
| skin | sarm3n* | |
| knee | zangun* | |
| breast | sina* | |
| liver | ena* | |
| water | ub3* | |
| fire | our* | |
| sun | nw3r* | |
| star | store* | |
| stone | kane* | |
| mountain | Gar* | |
| tree | w3n3* | |
| leaf | pana* | |
| night | Spa* | |
| dog | spe* | |
| fish | k3b* | |
| louse | wr3ga* | |
| one | y3o* | |
| two | dwa* | |
| I | z3* | |
| you | t3* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Southern PashtoIndo-European58% alike
- Central PashtoIndo-European56% alike
- WaneciIndo-European50% alike
- TajikIndo-European18% alike
- OrmuriIndo-European17% alike
- SivandiIndo-European17% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
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