Pashto پښتو (Paʂˈto) | ||
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Spoken in: | Pakistan, Afghanistan, United States, Saudi Arabia, Australia, India | |
Region: | South Asia | |
Total speakers: | 45 million | |
Ranking: | 33 | |
Language family: | Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Eastern Iranian South Eastern Pashto | |
Writing system: | Naskh | |
Official status | ||
Official language of: | NWFP, Pakistan Afghanistan | |
Regulated by: | Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan | |
Language codes | ||
ISO 639-1: | ps | |
ISO 639-2: | pus | |
ISO 639-3: | pus | |
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Pashto is the language spoken among the Pashtuns of Pakistan and Afghanistan.