Countries
Afganistan
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Total No. Of Countries
16
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Moldova, Romania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kazakhstan, Russia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Pakistan
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
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.
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4431
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
77
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2920
9
60
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Scripts
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 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
alo
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
multumesc
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
ce mai faci?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
noapte Buna
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
buna Seara
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
buna Ziua
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
bună Dimineața
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Vă Rog
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
scuze
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
La revedere
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Te iubesc
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Scuza-Ma
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Aromanian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00250,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Megleno-Romanian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.005,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Istro-Romanian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Croatia
How Many People Speak
95,000.001,400.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2110
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.37 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million24.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million4.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Română
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
French Name
pachto
roumain; moldave
German Name
Paschtu
Rumänisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[roˈmɨnə]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Romanians
Origin
1651
1521
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Iranian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Romanian
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Romanian
Language Position
8236
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Romanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
ro
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
ron
ISO 639 2/B
pus
rum
ISO 639 3
pus
ron
ISO 639 6
pus
ron
Glottocode
pash1269
roma1327
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
51-AAD-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic