Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
91
0
46
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National Language
Austria
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Pakistan
Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th 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
Serbain and Bosnian
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Church Slavonic
-
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
Latin
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
bok
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
hvala
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
kako si
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
laku noć
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
dobra večer
(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
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Oprostite
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Doviđenja
(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
Ispričavam se
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Chakavian
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Croatia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
660,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chakavian
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Croatia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Shtokavian
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
7921
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
89.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
89.00 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.60 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.25 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
hrvatski
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Hrvatski
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
croate
pachto
German Name
Kroatisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Croats
Pashtun
Origin
9th 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
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
2382
1
120
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Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
hr
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hrv
pus
ISO 639 2/B
hrv
pus
ISO 639 3
hrv
pus
ISO 639 6
hrv
pus
Glottocode
croa1245
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, Synthetic
Fusional