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Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Afganistan  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
25  
15
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Central Pashto  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
6,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Northern Pashto  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Wanetsi  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
95,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
0.58 %  
28

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
99+
50.00 million  
18

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  

History

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
23  
21
82  
99+

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Pashto Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Croatian and Pashto Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Pashto language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Pashto language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century whereas history of Pashto language states that this language originated in 1651. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Croatian and Pashto Language History.

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Croatian 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 Croatian and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Croatian and Pashto language. Croatian word for "Hello" is bok or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Croatian Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Croatian vs Pashto Difficulty

The Croatian vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Croatian 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 Croatian and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Croatian and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Croatian is 44 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.

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