Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
Afganistan
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
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Afganistan, Pakistan
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Afganistan, Pakistan
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
bulg1262
pash1269
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bulgarian and Pashto language. Bulgarian word for "Hello" is Здравейте (Zdraveĭte) or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Bulgarian Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bulgarian vs Pashto Difficulty
The Bulgarian vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bulgarian and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bulgarian is 44 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.