Countries
Belarus, Poland
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Belarus, Gambia
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Poland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Pakistan
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4844
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3929
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
dobry dzień
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Dziakuj
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Jak vy ?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Dabranač
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Dobry viečar
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Kali laska
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Vybačajcie
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
da pabačennia
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Vybačajcie
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Middle Belarus
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
321
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
9.63 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.89 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
biélorusse
pachto
German Name
Weißrussisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Belarusians
Pashtun
Origin
18th century
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Eastern
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Belarusian
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
7982
1
120
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Signed Forms
Belarusian Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
be
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bel
pus
ISO 639 2/B
bel
pus
ISO 639 3
bel
pus
ISO 639 6
bel
pus
Glottocode
bela1254
pash1269
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional