'''Lingua Pathanensis'''<ref>Cf. nomina biologica ''[[Echinops pathanorum]]'' et ''[[Lytocestus pathanensis]]''</ref> vel '''Afganica''',<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=aVYYAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA176&q=lingua%20afganica I. Bake et al. (eds.), ''Bibliotheca critica nova'', vol 1, Lugduni Batavorum 1825, p.176]</ref> vel '''Pathanensis''',<ref>Cf. nomina biologica ''[[Echinops pathanorum]]'' et ''[[Lytocestus pathanensis]]''</ref> (hac ipsa lingua {{lang|ps|پښتو}} ''paʂˈto''; [[lingua Persica|Persice]] ''Afghani'' ; [[Panjabice]] ''Pathani''<ref>Vide "[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Afghani Afghani]" in ''American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language'' ed. 4a (2004)</ref>) est [[unus|una]] ex [[Linguae Iranicae|linguis Iranicis]] et lingua maximi momenti [[Afgania]]e, [[civitas sui iuris|civitatis]] ubi [[lingua publica]] habetur, una cum [[lingua Dari]]. Est [[sermo patrius]] plurimarum Afganiae [[indigenae|indigenarum]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles/Afghanistan.pdf |title=Country Profile: Afghanistan|accessdate=2010-08-16 |publisher=[[Library of Congress Country Studies]] on Afghanistan |location=United States|date=August 2008}}</ref> 25 miliones in [[Pakistania]] lingua pathanensis sermone patrio utuntur. [[Littera|Litteris]] [[Abecedarium Arabicum|Arabicis]] describitur.
