BFSU LANGUAGE ENTRY
056 / 101Pashto
پښتوAt BFSU, Pashto is among 101 approved foreign languages, connecting the university’s multilingual education with the places and cultures where the language is used.
Pakistan, Afghanistan, United Arab Emirates
- NATIVE NAME
- پښتو
- WRITING SYSTEM
- Arabic script
- AT BFSU
- One of 101 languages
LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD
See where Pashto connects communities.
LANGUAGE REACH
Pashto is spoken across 4 countries and territories.
No. 24 of 101 languages · No. 38 by territory count
Central Asia
01Afghanistan
South Asia
01Pakistan
Middle East & North Africa
02United Arab EmiratesIran
From daily conversation in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and United Arab Emirates to education, literature and media, Pashto carries the accents, vocabulary and expressions of different communities.
Population and distribution figures use Unicode CLDR 48 ↗ estimates of people able to use the language, including first- and second-language users. Recorded reach counts territories with an estimated community of at least 10,000; figures are comparative, not live counts.
AT BFSU
A language opens a wider view of the world.
BFSU places Pashto within a multilingual programme that brings language study together with literature, history, society and regional knowledge.
The language is commonly written in Arabic script; its literature, media and everyday expressions carry the experiences of the communities that use it.
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