  SouthernPashtoLanguage
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Sigma KEE - SouthernPashtoLanguage
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SouthernPashtoLanguage
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The SouthernPashtoLanguage is a PashtoLanguage of Afghanistan. SIL code: PBT. ISO 639-1: ps. ISO 639-2: pus. Population: 8,000,000 all Pashto in Afghanistan (1989), 35% to 50% of the population (1996). Population total all countries 9,204,000 or more. All Pashto in all countries: 19,000,000 (1999 WA). Region: Kandahar area. Also spoken in Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, UAE, United Kingdom. Dialects: SOUTHWESTERN PASHTO, KANDAHAR PASHTO, QANDAHAR PASHTO. Comments: There is generally an 80% lexical similarity between the northern and southern varieties of Pashto. Grammar. Perso-Arabic script used. Muslim. Also spoken in: Iran. (Language name: PASHTO, SOUTHERN.) Population: 113,000 in Iran (1993). Alternate names: PASHTU, PAKTU. Comments: Different from Northern Pashto of Pakistan and India. Sunni Muslim. Also spoken in: Pakistan. (Language name: PASHTO, SOUTHERN.) Population: 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 in Pakistan (1992). Alternate names: PUSHTO, PUSHTU. Dialects: SOUTHEASTERN PASHTO, QUETTA PASHTO. Comments: 80% lexical similarity with Northern Pashto, 76% with Central Pashto. Some Pashto speakers educated in Urdu medium schools mix Urdu into their Pashto speech. Perso-Arabic script used. Muslim. Also spoken in: United Arab Emirates. (Language name: PASHTO, SOUTHERN.) Population: Thousands in UAE. Alternate names: PAKTU, PAKHTU, PAKHTOO, AFGHAN. Comments: Speakers have come from Afghanistan. Unskilled laborers, drivers, shopkeepers. Mainly Sunni Muslim.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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| Instances | ContentBearingPhysical | Any Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition. |
| | EasternIranianLanguage | Of the 84 IranianLanguages, 14 of these are classified as an EasternIranianLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | Entity | The universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology. |
| | HumanLanguage | The subclass of Languages used by Humans. |
| | IndoEuropeanLanguage | There are 433 languages categorized as an IndoEuropeanLanguage, forming a major family of the world's languages and including many of the most familiar languages of Europe and South Asia.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | IndoIranianLanguage | An IndoIranianLanguage is any of 296 closely related IndoEuropeanLanguages spoken in south Asia and nearby regions.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | IranianLanguage | Of the 296 IndoIranianLanguages, 84 of these are classified as an IranianLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | Language | A system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people. |
| | LanguageFamily | A LanguageFamily is group of SpokenHumanLanguages related through descent from a common ancestral language. (reference from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_family) |
| | LinguisticExpression | This is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words. |
| | NaturalLanguage | The subclass of HumanLanguages which are not designed and which evolve from generation to generation. This Class includes all of the national languages, e.g. English, Spanish, Japanese, etc. Note that this class includes dialects of natural languages. |
| | PashtoLanguage | Of the 11 SoutheasternIranianLanguages, four of these are classified as a PashtoLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | Physical | An entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time. |
| | SoutheasternIranianLanguage | Of the 14 EasternIranianLanguages, 11 of these are classified as a SouthasternIranianLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
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