Countries
Afganistan
Czech Republic, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Czech Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Pakistan
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Institute of the Czech 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 Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
- In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4442
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
732
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2932
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, 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
ahoj
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
děkuji
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Jak se máš?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
dobrou noc
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
dobré odpoledne
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
dobré ráno
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
prosím
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
litovat
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
sbohem
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Miluji tě
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
promiňte
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Chod
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Chodsko, Bohemia
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Lach
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0010,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Moravian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
How Many People Speak
95,000.00108,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
2113
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
čeština / český jazyk
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Bohemian, Cestina
French Name
pachto
tchèque
German Name
Paschtu
Tschechisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ˈtʃɛʃkɪ]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Czechs
Origin
1651
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Slavic
Branch
Iranian
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Standard Czech
Language Position
8273
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Czech Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
cs
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
ces
ISO 639 2/B
pus
cze
ISO 639 3
pus
ces
ISO 639 6
pus
ces
Glottocode
pash1269
czec1258
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
53-AAA-da
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic