Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Pakistan
Regulated By
University of Sarajevo
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian 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
Serbian and Croatian
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3044
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2529
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Zdravo
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Hvala
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Kako si?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Laku noc
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Dobro veće
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
molim vas
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Oprostite
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Zbogom
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Volim te
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Oprostite
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chakavian
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Croatia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
660,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Croatia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
621
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
3.50 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
20.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
bosniaque
pachto
German Name
Bosnisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
Pashtun
Origin
19th Century
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bosnian
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
2482
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bs
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bos
pus
ISO 639 2/B
bos
pus
ISO 639 3
bos
pus
ISO 639 6
boss
pus
Glottocode
bosn1245
pash1269
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional