Which Country Speaks Pashto?

Pashto is a member of the southeastern Iranian branch of Indo-Iranian languages spoken in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran.

Is Pashto the same as Arabic?

Linguistically, Arabic and Pashto are quite different; however, if you don't speak either language, you could easily mistake written Pashto for Arabic because they use the same script – almost. ... This is why the Pashto alphabet has a total of 44 letters, compared to 28 for standard Arabic.

Who speaks Pashto in the world?

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.