Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Afganistan
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Pakistan
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
- 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
Armenian
Persian and Balochi Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
αντίο (antío)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Greece
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 2
Griko
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Italy
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Afganistan, Pakistan
Native Name
ελληνικά
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
pachto
German Name
Neugriechisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Pashtun
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
gree1276
pash1269
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
Greek and Pashto Speaking population
Greek and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Greek and Pashto on Greek vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Greek and Pashto Language Codes
Greek and Pashto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Pashto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.