pusTechnical information about ISO 639 language code pus
The table below provides technical details for the Pashto, Pushto language, designated by the pus code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Pashto, Pushto Native پښتو |
| Text direction | Right-to-Left |
| Language varieties | Northern PashtoCentral PashtoSouthern PashtoWanetsi (Tareeno) |
| Related languages | Dari PersianBalochiKurdishTajikOssetian |
| Key facts | Pashto belongs to the Eastern Iranian branch of the Indo-European familyIts alphabet extends the Arabic script with unique letters such as ښ, ږ, ټ and ډPhonemic retroflex consonants and aspirated stops give it a distinctive sound among Iranian languagesThe earliest known Pashto literature dates to the 16th-century poet Pir Roshan and his followersLexicon preserves archaic Indo-Iranian words while absorbing many borrowings from Persian, Arabic, and Urdu |
| Sample phrase | سلام، څنګه یې؟ |
| Character encodings | |
| Supported in Localizely |
The Pashto, Pushto language, identified by the code pus, falls under the 'Macrolanguage' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
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