Pimsleur Pashto Level 2 CD, 2: Learn to Speak and Understand Pashto with Pimsleur Language Programs

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.