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Pashto  

Definition

  • Pashto, also known historically as Afghani and Pathani, is the native language of the Pashtun people of south-central Asia. Pashto is a member of the Eastern Iranian languages group.Pashto employs the Pashto alphabet, a modified form of the Persian alphabet, which in part is derived from the Arabic alphabet. It has extra letters for Pashto-specific sounds.

Identifier

  • PUS

Notation

  • PS
  • ps
  • pus

In other languages

  • пущу

    Bulgarian

  • paštunski

    Croatian

  • paštština

    Czech

  • pashto

    Danish

  • Pasjtoe

    Dutch

  • Pathaans
  • puštu keel

    Estonian

  • paštu

    Finnish

  • pachto

    French

  • Paschtunisch

    German

  • Afghanisch
  • Paschto
  • Paschtu
  • παστού

    Greek

  • pastu

    Hungarian

  • Phaistis

    Irish

  • pashtu

    Italian

  • puštu valoda

    Latvian

  • puštūnų kalba

    Lithuanian

  • Paxto

    Maltese

  • پښتو

    Pashto

  • pax̌tō
  • paszto

    Polish

  • pachto

    Portuguese

  • paştună

    Romanian

  • paštčina

    Slovak

  • paštunščina

    Slovenian

  • pasto

    Spanish

  • pashto

    Swedish

  • пушту

    Ukrainian

URI

http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/PUS

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