Countries
Afganistan
Bulgaria, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Bulgaria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Europe
Minority Language
Pakistan
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Institute for the Bulgarian language
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.
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Macedonian language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4430
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2936
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, 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
(salaam) سلام
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Как си? (Kak si?)
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Моля (Molja)
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Довиждане (Doviždane)
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Обичам те (Običam te)
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Pirdop
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
95,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2158
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million7.80 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.21 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million7.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million9.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
български (bãlgarski)
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Balgarski
French Name
pachto
bulgare
German Name
Paschtu
Bulgarisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Bulgarian people
Origin
1651
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Slavic
Branch
Iranian
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Standard Bulgarian
Language Position
8288
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
bg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
bul
ISO 639 2/B
pus
bul
ISO 639 3
pus
bul
ISO 639 6
pus
buls
Glottocode
pash1269
bulg1262
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
53-AAA-hb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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