Countries
Macedonia
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
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
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Pakistan
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
- 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
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3144
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2629
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
жал (žal)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Чао (Čao)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Torlakian
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
1.506,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Debar
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Galičnik
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
2,100,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
2821
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
2.50 million60.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.05 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
2.50 million60.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
2.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
macédonien
pachto
German Name
Makedonisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Macedonians
Pashtun
Origin
2200 BC
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Southern
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Macedonian
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
4582
1
120
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Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mk
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mkd
pus
ISO 639 2/B
mac
pus
ISO 639 3
mkd
pus
ISO 639 6
mkd
pus
Glottocode
mace1250
pash1269
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Fusional