Countries
Macedonia
Afganistan
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
Alphabets in
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Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Debar
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 3
Galičnik
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Afganistan, Pakistan
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Macedonian
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
mace1250
pash1269
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Fusional
Macedonian 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 Macedonian and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Macedonian and Pashto language. Macedonian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Macedonian Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Macedonian vs Pashto Difficulty
The Macedonian vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Macedonian 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 Macedonian and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Macedonian and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Macedonian is 44 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.