Pashto language - Pashtogo (English spelling)

Japanese: パシュト語 - パシュトご(英語表記)Pashto language
Pashto language - Pashtogo (English spelling)
It is the official language of Afghanistan, spoken by the Patan people (Afghans) who live in eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan. It is also called Pashto, Pahto, Pushto, and Afghan. It has about 15 million speakers. It belongs to the Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family, and retains the ancient characteristics of the Iranian branch, but is significantly different from Persian, being heavily influenced by Indic languages ​​and containing many loanwords from Arabic and Persian. It is written in a type of Arabic script. It is divided into two dialect groups, northern and southern.

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Japanese:
アフガニスタン東部ならびにパキスタン北部に住むパターン族 (アフガン人) の言語で,アフガニスタンの公用語。パシュトゥ語,パハト語,プシュトゥ語ともいい,またアフガン語とも呼ばれる。話し手約 1500万人。インド=ヨーロッパ語族のイラン語派に属し,イラン語派の古い特徴をとどめているが,ペルシア語とは著しく異なり,インド語派の影響も大きく,アラビア語やペルシア語からの借用語も多い。文字は一種のアラビア文字である。北部と南部の2つの方言群に大別される。

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