Pashto, Basic: Learn to Speak and Understand Pashto with Pimsleur Language Programs (Simon & Schuster's Pimsleur)

About Pashto • Pashto is an Iranian language of the Indo-European family spoken by over 17 million people, primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan. • This course teaches the Northern dialect as spoken in Kabul (Afghanistan), which will be understood through all Pashto-speaking regions. • Pashto is one of the two official languages of Afghanistan (Dari is the other) and the native tongue of approximately 50 percent of the population there. • Although, not an official language in Pakistan, it is spoken by approximately 13% of the population. • Pashto uses a modified version of the Arabic alphabet, and is read right to left. Pashto, Basic • Ten 30-minute lessons of spoken Pashto language instruction (the first ten Units of Pimsleur's 30-Unit Pashto Comprehensive Program).