Pashto (/ˈpʌʃtoʊ/,/ˈpæʃtoʊ/; پښتو / Pəx̌tó, [pəʂˈto, pʊxˈto, pəʃˈto, pəçˈto]), sometimes spelled Pukhto or Pakhto, is an Eastern Iranian language of the Indo-European family.

Is Pashto the same as Pushto?

Pashto, also known as Pakhto, Pashtu, and Pushto, is a member of the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. It spoken in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Pakistan as well as by a large diaspora encompassing India, Iran, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States.

How do you write Pashto?

3) Pashto is written in the Arabic Naskh script.

Since the languages are so different, Pashto uses a modified version of Naskh, with extra characters added to indicate certain sounds that Pashto has and Arabic doesn't. This is why the Pashto alphabet has a total of 44 letters, compared to 28 for standard Arabic.