Countries
Czech Republic, European Union
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Czech Republic
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, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
Pakistan
Regulated By
Institute of the Czech Language
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
- In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
- 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
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4244
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
327
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3229
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ahoj
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
děkuji
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Jak se máš?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
dobrou noc
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
dobrý večer
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
dobré odpoledne
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
dobré ráno
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
prosím
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
litovat
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
sbohem
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Miluji tě
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
promiňte
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Chod
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Chodsko, Bohemia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Lach
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
10,500,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Moravian
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
108,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1321
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.15 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
11.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
čeština / český jazyk
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Bohemian, Cestina
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
tchèque
pachto
German Name
Tschechisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃɛʃkɪ]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Czechs
Pashtun
Origin
9th Century
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Western
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Czech
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
7382
1
120
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Signed Forms
Czech Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
cs
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ces
pus
ISO 639 2/B
cze
pus
ISO 639 3
ces
pus
ISO 639 6
ces
pus
Glottocode
czec1258
pash1269
Linguasphere
53-AAA-da
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional