Pushtu language

Geographic distribution

Pashto is spoken by about 12 million people in the south, east and a few northern provinces of Afghanistan and also 10 million inNorthwest Frontier Province and Baluchistan. Small communities are also found in Sindh (Karachi, Hyderabad). Smaller communities exist in Northern India (Pathankot, Rampur) and northeastern Iran. It is spoken by a large part of Afghanistan population who are of the Pashtun tribe, as well as by ethnic Pashtuns who live on the other side of the disputed Durand Line in present day Pakistan.

Related Topics:
Northwest Frontier Province - Baluchistan - Sindh - Karachi - Hyderabad - India - Iran - Pashtun - Durand Line

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Official status

Pashto became one of the official languages of Afghanistan in 1964. The other is the Persian language, known as Dari in Afghanistan.

Related Topics:
Official language - 1964 - Persian language - Dari

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Dialects

The northern dialect is spoken by about 24,000,000 people, and the southern dialect by about 16,000,000.

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Derived languages