Canada 26,000 (2006) [6]   India 11,086 (2001) [7]   United States 7,710 (2000) [8]   Malaysia and   Singapore 5,100 (2008) [9] Languages Pashto Persian or Urdu also spoken widely as second languages Religion Islam , predominantly Hanafi Sunni with a tiny Twelver Shia minority Pashtuns ( Pashto : پښتون