Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Bulgaria
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Pakistan
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
- 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
Macedonian language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3044
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3629
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Моля (Molja)
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Pirdop
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
5821
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.21 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.80 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
9.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
bulgare
pachto
German Name
Bulgarisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Bulgarian people
Pashtun
Origin
9th Century
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Southern
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
8882
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bg
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bul
pus
ISO 639 2/B
bul
pus
ISO 639 3
bul
pus
ISO 639 6
buls
pus
Glottocode
bulg1262
pash1269
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional