Pashto
Pashto is one of 99 world languages in the LEXOS registry, belonging to the Indo-European language family. Every word or phrase can be analysed across 6 linguistic levels: phonetics → phonology → morphology → syntax → semantics → pragmatics.
Iranian branch of Indo-European; Perso-Arabic script. One of two official languages of Afghanistan, with its speaker community historically governed by the Pashtunwali tribal code.
6 Levels of Analysis for Pashto
Other Indo-European languages
Frequently asked about Pashto
What language family does Pashto belong to?
Indo-European.
At which levels can I analyse Pashto?
Six levels: Phonetics (speech sounds, IPA), Phonology (phonemes and sound patterns), Morphology (word structure), Syntax (phrases and sentence structure), Semantics (literal meaning), Pragmatics (meaning in context).
Is Pashto one of the most spoken world languages?
Yes — LEXOS catalogues the 99 most-spoken / most-commercially-relevant world languages, covering every major language family and every continent.