Countries
Afganistan
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Total No. Of Countries
19
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Austria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Pakistan
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
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.
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Serbain and Bosnian
Derived From
-
Church Slavonic
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4430
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2925
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
bok
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 noć
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
dobra večer
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
dobar dan
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
dobro jutro
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
molim
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Oprostite
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Doviđenja
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Volim te
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Ispričavam se
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Croatia
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00660,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Croatia
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.005,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
How Many People Speak
95,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2179
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million89.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %89.00 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million5.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million1.25 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
hrvatski
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Hrvatski
French Name
pachto
croate
German Name
Paschtu
Kroatisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Croats
Origin
1651
9th 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
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Language Position
8223
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Croatian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
hr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
hrv
ISO 639 2/B
pus
hrv
ISO 639 3
pus
hrv
ISO 639 6
pus
hrv
Glottocode
pash1269
croa1245
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
Fusional, Synthetic