Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Afganistan
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
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Croatia
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Croatia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Not Available
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
bosniaque
pachto
German Name
Bosnisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
Pashtun
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bosnian
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
boss
Not Available
Glottocode
bosn1245
pash1269
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
Bosnian and Pashto Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Bosnian and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bosnian and Pashto language. Bosnian word for "Hello" is Zdravo or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Bosnian Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bosnian vs Pashto Difficulty
The Bosnian vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and Pashto Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Bosnian and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.