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Countries

Countries

Afganistan
Cyprus, European Union, Greece

Total No. Of Countries

13
0 46
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National Language

Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Pakistan
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Regulated By

Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)

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.
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.

Similar To

Persian and Balochi Languages
Armenian

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4424
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

77
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2917
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Arabic, Latin

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

(salaam) سلام
γεια σας (geia sas)

Thank You

(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)

How Are You?

(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)

Good Night

(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)

Good Evening

(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)

Good Afternoon

(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)

Good Morning

(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)

Please

(lotfan) لطفا
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)

Sorry

(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)

Bye

(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
αντίο (antío)

I Love You

زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)

Excuse Me

(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Central Pashto
Cappadocian Greek

Where They Speak

Afganistan, Pakistan
Greece

How Many People Speak

6,500,000.002,800.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Pashto
Griko

Where They Speak

Afganistan, Pakistan
Italy

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.0050,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Wanetsi
Mariupol

Where They Speak

Afganistan, Pakistan
Ukraine

How Many People Speak

95,000.0013,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2125
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

60.00 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.58 %0.18 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

60.00 million13.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

50.00 million13.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

(paṧto) پښتو
ελληνικά

Alternative Names

Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic

French Name

pachto
grec moderne (après 1453)

German Name

Paschtu
Neugriechisch

Pronunciation

[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[eliniˈka]

Ethnicity

Pashtun
Greeks or Hellenes

History

Origin

1651
1500 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Hellenic

Branch

Iranian
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek

Standard Forms

Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Modern Greek

Language Position

8274
1 120
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Signed Forms

Pashto Sign Language
Greek Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ps
el

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

pus
ell

ISO 639 2/B

pus
gre

ISO 639 3

pus
ell

ISO 639 6

pus
ells

Glottocode

pash1269
gree1276

Linguasphere

58-ABD-a
56-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic

Pashto and Greek Alphabets

Pashto and Greek Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Pashto and Greek. In Pashto Alphabets there are 44 letters while in Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Pashto and Greek languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Pashto and Greek languages. The Pashto phonology consist Pashto vowels and Pashto consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Pashto greetings vs Greek greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Pashto and Greek are Most Spoken Languages.

All Pashto and Greek Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Pashto and Greek dialects. Various dialects of Pashto and Greek language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Pashto are spoken in different Pashto Speaking Countries whereas Greek Dialects are spoken in different Greek speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Pashto vs Greek Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Pashto dialects include: Central Pashto, Northern Pashto. Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek , Griko. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Pashto and Greek Speaking population

Pashto and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Pashto and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Pashto and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Pashto and Greek on Pashto vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Pashto and Greek Language Codes

Pashto and Greek language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Pashto and Greek Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.