Pashto[b] (/ ˈpʌʃtoʊ / PUH-shtoh, [6][4][5] / ˈpæʃtoʊ / PASH-toh; [c]پښتو, Pəx̌tó, [pəʂˈto, pʊxˈto, pəʃˈto, pəçˈto]) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family, natively spoken in northwestern Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan.

Pashtuns (/ ˈpʌʃˌtʊn /, / ˈpɑːʃˌtʊn /, / ˈpæʃˌtuːn /; Pashto: پښتانه, romanized: Pəx̌tānə́; [18]), also known as Pakhtuns, [19] or Pathans, [d] are a nomadic, [23][24][25] pastoral, [26][27] Iranian ethnic group [19] primarily residing in northwestern Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan. [28][29] They were historically also referred to...

2025年3月20日 · Originally spoken by the Pashtun people, Pashto became the national language of Afghanistan in 1936. It is spoken by more than 35 million people, most of whom reside in Afghanistan or Pakistan. Smaller speech communities exist in Iran, Tajikistan, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom.

Pashto is a member of the southeastern Iranian branch of Indo-Iranian languages spoken in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran. There are three main varieties of Pashto: Northern Pashto, spoken mainly in Pakistan; Southern Pashto, spoken mainly in Afghanistan; and Central Pashto, spoken mainly in Pakistan.

Pashtunistan (Pashto: پښتونستان, lit. 'land of the Pashtuns ') [4] or Pakhtunistan is a historical region on the crossroads of Central and South Asia, located on the Iranian Plateau, inhabited by the Pashtun people of southern and eastern Afghanistan [5] and northwestern Pakistan, [6][7] wherein Pashtun culture, the Pashto language, and identity...

普什图语（Pashto language，Pushtu language）是阿富汗普什图人的语言，与 波斯语 同为阿富汗伊斯兰共和国的 官方语言。 采用 阿拉伯字母 来拼写。 属 印欧语系 — 伊朗语族 —东支。 分布于 阿富汗 和 巴基斯坦 西北地区。 使用人口在阿富汗境内有1000多万，在巴基斯坦的西北地区也有近1000万。 34%的阿富汗人使用普什图语。 主要方言分为两支：西部方言，保留了古音sh和zh；东部方言（主要通行于 巴基斯坦）采用了kh音和gh音。 经 语言学家 考证，普什图语和 …

2025年2月23日 · Pashtun, ethnolinguistic group residing primarily in the region that lies between the Hindu Kush in northeastern Afghanistan and the northern stretch of the Indus River in Pakistan.

2019年5月22日 · Pashto is an Indo-Iranian language that is used by over 60 million people in the world. Pashto is similar to various extinct languages like the Bactrian and Avestan. Most Pashtuns are Sunni Muslims, who follow the Hanafi school-of-thought. There are various Shia Pashtun tribes in the eastern parts of Paktia province (Afghanistan).

Pashtuns represent an important community in Pakistan, where they have a dominant representation in the military and comprise the second-largest ethnic group. The Pashtuns embody the world's largest (patriarchal) segmentary lineage ethnic group.

Pashto, sometimes also romanized as Pashtu or Pakhto, is the most widely spoken modern Eastern Iranian language, spoken primarily in south of Afghanistan and northwest of Pakistan. It is the only Iranian language, beside Persian, with nation-wide official status in a country.