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Language code: ps

Technical information about ISO 639 language code ps

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The table below provides technical details for the Pushto language, designated by the ps code from the ISO 639-1 standard.

Code

ps

Name

Official

Pushto

Native

پښتو

Family
Indo-Iranian
Text direction

Right-to-Left

Language varieties
Northern PashtoCentral PashtoSouthern Pashto
Related languages
Persian (Farsi/Dari)BalochiKurdishWakhi
Key facts
Classified within the Southeastern branch of the Iranian languagesWritten with a modified Arabic script that adds several letters to represent Pashto soundsFeatures a rich inventory of retroflex consonants uncommon in most Iranian languagesExhibits split ergativity, using ergative alignment in the past tense but nominative-accusative in the presentThe first known Pashto grammar was compiled by the Indian scholar Pir Roshan in the 17th century.
Sample phrase

سلام، څنګه ياست؟

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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Pushto, also known as Pashto, belongs to the Indo-European language family, specifically within the Indo-Iranian subgroup. It is one of the official languages of Afghanistan and is widely spoken in the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan in Pakistan. The language is written using the Arabic script (Pashto alphabet). It is estimated that there are more than 48 million Pashto speakers worldwide.

Language presence globally

Speakers

Pakistan

33M

Afghanistan

16M

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Pushto speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

Related locale codes

ps-AF – Pushto (Afghanistan)

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