by Ahmad Shah
Abstract:
Pashtoon culture and tradition ,along with their language,Pashto is very old. Pashto is not only a language, but also the constitution, culture, traditions and customs of Pashtoons, All Pashtoon spend their life within the circle of Pashto. They move around within this circle of Pashto and going out of it is disobeying Pashto constitution and the law. But Pashto is basically a language spoken by around 50 million people around the globe.most of them living in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Around fifty percent of Afghanistan’s estimated 30 million population is Pashtoons. Pashto is the national language of Afghanistan as well as one of the official language in the country. In Pakistan, Pashto is the second most spoken language (After Panjabi) comprising 15.42% of the total population. This paper argues that, despite the large number of Pashtoon, their language, Pashto, is facing a number of challenges. Literacy rate among Pashtoons, both in Afghanistan and Pakistan is comparatively low and the literature produced in the language cannot be considered sufficient for a thriving language. This paper discusses the challenges of the 21st century and the situation of Pashto in the age of globalization and free market media. The paper also compares Pashto with more than six thousand other existing languages, with half of them facing extinction in the next few decades while a big number of them are endangered. The paper concludes that although the future of Pashto language seems to safe in the near future, it still faces several challenges, including the lack of a uniform style of writing, divided population, influence of other neighboring languages, and a lack of practical network of writers, academies and scholars. This paper also gives suggestions for the promotion of Pashto, both at regional and global level.
Reference:
Survival of Pashto Language and the Challenge of the 21st Century\protect \RLد يوېشتمې پېړۍ په مبارزت کښې د پښتو ژبې بقاء (Ahmad Shah), In Pashto, volume 39, 2009.
Bibtex Entry:
@Article{2009-Pasht-39-Shah-Survivalof,
Title = {Survival of Pashto Language and the Challenge of the 21st Century\protect \RL{د يوېشتمې پېړۍ په مبارزت کښې د پښتو ژبې بقاء}},
Author = {Ahmad Shah},
Journal = {Pashto},
Year = {2009},
Number = {},
Pages = {-},
Volume = {39},
Abstract = {Pashtoon culture and tradition ,along with their language,Pashto is very old. Pashto is not only a language, but also the constitution, culture, traditions and customs of Pashtoons, All Pashtoon spend their life within the circle of Pashto. They move around within this circle of Pashto and going out of it is disobeying Pashto constitution and the law. But Pashto is basically a language
spoken by around 50 million people around the globe.most of them living in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Around fifty percent of Afghanistan’s estimated 30 million population is Pashtoons. Pashto is the national language of Afghanistan as well as one of the official language in the country. In Pakistan, Pashto is the second most spoken language (After Panjabi) comprising 15.42% of the total
population. This paper argues that, despite the large number of Pashtoon, their language, Pashto, is facing a number of challenges. Literacy rate among Pashtoons, both in Afghanistan and Pakistan is comparatively low and the literature produced in the language cannot be considered sufficient for a thriving language. This paper discusses the challenges of the 21st century and the situation of Pashto in the age of globalization and free market media. The paper also compares Pashto with more than six thousand other existing
languages, with half of them facing extinction in the next few decades while a big number of them are endangered. The paper concludes that although the future of Pashto language seems to safe in the near future, it still faces several challenges, including the lack of a uniform style of writing, divided population, influence of other neighboring languages, and a lack of practical network of
writers, academies and scholars. This paper also gives suggestions for the promotion of Pashto, both at regional and global level.},
Timestamp = {2020-02-26}
}