Countries
Afganistan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Pakistan
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
University of Sarajevo
Interesting Facts
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Serbian and Croatian
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4430
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2925
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Zdravo
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Hvala
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Kako si?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Laku noc
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Dobro veće
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Dobar dan
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Dobro jutro
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
molim vas
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Oprostite
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Zbogom
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Volim te
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0013,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Croatia
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00660,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Croatia
How Many People Speak
95,000.0021,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
216
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million3.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million3.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Bosanski Jezik
French Name
pachto
bosniaque
German Name
Paschtu
Bosnisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Bosniaks
Origin
1651
19th Century
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
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Bosnian
Language Position
8224
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Bosnian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
bs
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
bos
ISO 639 2/B
pus
bos
ISO 639 3
pus
bos
ISO 639 6
pus
boss
Glottocode
pash1269
bosn1245
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
part of 53-AAA-g
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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