The Pashto Language: Basic Facts and Resources
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The Pashto Language
While there are a variety of languages spoken in Afghanistan, Pashto, which is also known as Pushtu, is one of the two major languages. Pashto is spoken primarily in Afghanistan and western Pakistan. The number of Pashto-speakers is estimated to be 30-40 million, and as defined in the Constitution of Afghanistan, Pashto is an official and national language of the country.
Pashto or Pushtu is the language of the Pashtun tribe. They are indigenous inhabitants of Afghanistan. Pashto is an Iranian language and part of the Indo European family.
Pashto is spoken by about 15 million people in Afghanistan and another 20 million speakers live neighboring Pakistan, in the North-West Frontier Province.
Outside of Afghanistan and the NorthWest region of Pakistan, there are various smaller communities found throughout the region. Some are found in the Sindh region (Karachi, Hyderabad). Other smaller communities of Pashto speakers also exist in northeastern Iran.
Communities of Pashto speakers also exist in India, particularly in Muslim districts in Uttar Pradesh as well as in in certain sections of the Kashmir valley.
Pashto or Pushtu is the language of the Pashtun tribe. They are indigenous inhabitants of Afghanistan. Pashto is an Iranian language and part of the Indo European family.
Pashto is spoken by about 15 million people in Afghanistan and another 20 million speakers live neighboring Pakistan, in the North-West Frontier Province.
Outside of Afghanistan and the NorthWest region of Pakistan, there are various smaller communities found throughout the region. Some are found in the Sindh region (Karachi, Hyderabad). Other smaller communities of Pashto speakers also exist in northeastern Iran.
Communities of Pashto speakers also exist in India, particularly in Muslim districts in Uttar Pradesh as well as in in certain sections of the Kashmir valley.
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- Laws for language: If the British used Sindhi, why shouldn't we, experts urge ...
- DESIGN : ANAM HALEEM HYDERABAD: Encouraged by the consensus reached in the National Assembly over the 20th constitutional amendment, Sindhi writers and scholars lobbied for Sindhi, Punjabi, Balochi and Pushto to be acknowledged as national languages.
- Naseer & Shahab: Songs of peace from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
- The video begins with a couplet of well-known Pashto poet Ameer Hamza Shinwari which says that, ?The enemy brands it as the language of hell, to heaven I will go with Pushto?. Qamar, the 25-year-old producer, thinks that Pakhtuns are going through a ...
- Taliban releases video of DHA bomb attack
- Speaking in Pushto this time, with Urdu subtitles below, he says, ?I'm leaving to hit the target in order to receive Allah's pleasure; the car is filled with explosives, and now I am going to my target.? The video then shows a still image of Chaudhry ...
- They Turned My City into a Video Game (And Got it Mostly Right!)
- I remember how my and friends used to rejoice every time they would watch Rambo III where Sly Stallone comes to Peshawar and speaks a few words of Pushto (local language of the city of Peshawar). Last night, I experienced a similar moment of happiness ...
Afghanistan Music on iTunes
| Track | Artist | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jalalabad Wedding Song | sung in Pashtu by Kamar Gul Zakhail. Musicians: harmonium - Mohammad Zakhail; rebab Ustad Mohammad Omar; tabla - Ghazi; tanbur Sarwar. | Afghanistan - Music from Kabul | |
| Pashto Ghazal | Daud Khan | Tribute to Afghanistan | |
| Pashto Love Song | Melang Nejrabi & Mohammed Naim Mazari | Afghanistan: Recovered Treasures | |
| Traditional / Pashtu | Moussa Kassimi | Teahouse Music of Afghanistan |
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