Learn to Speak Pashto Language

Pashto is the South-Central Asian language of the Pashtuns. It is an Eastern Iranian language, belonging to the Indo-European family. Pashto is one of the two official languages of Afghanistan (the other one is Dari), and it is the second-largest regional language of Pakistan, mainly spoken in the west and northwest of the country. Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) are almost 100% Pashto-speaking, while it is the majority language of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the northern districts of Balochistan. Pashto is the main language among the Pashtun diaspora around the world. The total number of Pashto-speakers is estimated to be 45–60 million people worldwide (estimated: 2016). Pashto has two main dialect groups, “soft” and “hard”, the latter known as Pakhto. These two dialect groups contain numerous dialects from which 20 are more commonly known and spoken. Some historians trace back the earlier works in Pashtu language to the 8th century which makes it one of the most historical languages. 

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School Textbooks (published by Afghanistan Education Ministry)

Pre-requisite - Pashto Alphabets - Download
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• Year 1
• Year 2
• Year 3
• Year 4
• Year 5
• Year 6
• Year 7
• Year 8
• Year 9
• Year 10
• Year 11
• Year 12

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Enlish
Practical Pashto
The University of Montana
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English
Grammar of Pashto
Caution: This book is written by an Orientalist from the times of colonized Indo-Pak
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English
Beginning Pashto
Textbook:
​Read / Download
Workbook:
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English
Intermediate Pashto
Textbook:
​Read / Download
Workbook:
​​Read / Download

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English
Pashto Conversation
Manual
​Published by ERIC​
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English
A reference grammar of Pashto
​Published by ERIC
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English
Grammar and Vocabulary of Waziri Pashto- by John Gordon Lorimer (Orientalist book)
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Urdu
Qawa'id e Sarf o Nahv- by Qazi Meer Ahmad Shah Rizwani Peshawari​
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Pashto
(پښتو پښویه (ګرامر
مجاور احمد زیار
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Pashto
پښتو – دری لنډ قاموس / مهتمم ظاهره هنګامه خروټی
​Read / Download

Pashto
​پښتو ګرامر : (ژب ښودنه) / لیکوال صدیق الله رشتین
​​Read / Download​

Farsi / Persian
​تاریخ تلفظ و صرف پشتو جلد اول
​روان فرهادی
​​Read / Download​

English
Pastho English Dictionary
​Zeeya Pashtoon
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English
Descriptive Grammar of Pashto and its Dialects
Read / Preview (Google books)

Pashto
The Pushto Manual: Concise Grammar, Exercises and Dialogues - by Henry George Raverty -  (Orientalist book)
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English
Speaking Afghan Pashto
Randall Olsen and M.A. Rashid
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Dari - Pashto As A 2nd Language G 10 - Download
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​English - Origins of the Pashto Language and Phases of its Literary Evolution - by María Isabel Maldonado García, Bakht Munir - Read / Download
English - Intensive Elementary & Secondary Pashto for Military and other Professionals - by Dawood Azami - The Middle East Studies Center (MESC), The Ohio State University, Columbus - Download
English - An etymological vocabulary of Pashto - by Morgen Stierne - Read / Download
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Pashto - Pashto, Urdu and Arabic Pictorial dictionary (probably the first book for the beginners if they can read the script) - Download
Pashto - Pashto English Qamoos - Read / Download

Urdu - Pashto Urdu Bol Chal - Read / Download