Pashto and Russian

Pashto

Russian

Russian and Pashto

Countries

Afganistan

Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

Total No. Of Countries

National Language

Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora

Russia

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Afganistan

Speaking Continents

Asia

Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Pakistan

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Regulated By

Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)

Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.

Similar To

Persian and Balochi Languages

Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages

Derived From

Not Available

Proto-Slavic Vocabulary

Alphabets

Alphabets in

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Alphabets

Phonology

How Many Vowels

How Many Consonants

Scripts

Arabic

Cyrillic

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks

Greetings

Hello

(salaam) سلام

здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)

Thank You

(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر

спасибо(spasibo)

How Are You?

(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟

Как дела? (Kak dela?)

Good Night

(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير

Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)

Good Evening

(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير

Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)

Good Afternoon

(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير

Добрый День(Dobryy Den')

Good Morning

(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏

Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)

Please

(lotfan) لطفا

пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)

Sorry

(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم

Извините(Izvinite)

Bye

(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان

до свидания(do svidaniya)

I Love You

زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)

Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)

Excuse Me

(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم

извините(izvinite)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Central Pashto

Doukhobor Russian

Where They Speak

Afganistan, Pakistan

Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan

How Many People Speak

6,500,000.00

30,000.00

99+

Dialect 2

Northern Pashto

Olonets

Where They Speak

Afganistan, Pakistan

Olonets

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.00

Not Available

Dialect 3

Wanetsi

Novgorod

Where They Speak

Afganistan, Pakistan

Novgorod

How Many People Speak

95,000.00

Not Available

Total No. Of Dialects

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

60.00 million

276.00 million

Speaking Population

0.58 %

2.33 %

Native Speakers

60.00 million

166.00 million

Second Language Speakers

Not Available

110.00 million

Native Name

(paṧto) پښتو

Русский

Alternative Names

Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto

Russki

French Name

pachto

russe

German Name

Paschtu

Russisch

Pronunciation

[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]

[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]

Ethnicity

Pashtun

Russians

History

Origin

1651

1000 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family

Indo-European Family, Slavic Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian

Slavic

Branch

Iranian

Eastern

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms

Old East Slavic

Standard Forms

Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto

Standard Russian

Language Position

99+

Signed Forms

Not Available

Signed Russian

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

pus

rus

ISO 639 2/B

pus

rus

ISO 639 3

pus

rus

ISO 639 6

Not Available

Glottocode

pash1269

russ1263

Linguasphere

58-ABD-a

53-AAA-ea

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb

Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional

Fusional, Synthetic

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All Pashto and Russian 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 Russian dialects. Various dialects of Pashto and Russian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Pashto are spoken in different Pashto Speaking Countries whereas Russian Dialects are spoken in different Russian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Pashto vs Russian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Pashto dialects include: Central Pashto, Northern Pashto. Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian , Olonets. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Pashto and Russian Speaking population

Pashto and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Pashto and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Pashto and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Pashto vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Pashto and Russian Language Codes

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