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Pashto and Serbian


Serbian and Pashto


Countries

Countries
Afganistan  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Pakistan  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian 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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
44  
24
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
29  
19
25  
15

Scripts
Arabic  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
(salaam) سلام  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
(lotfan) لطفا  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Central Pashto  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Northern Pashto  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
Serbia  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
25
12,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Wanetsi  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
95,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
8.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.58 %  
28
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
50.00 million  
18
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto  
Montenegrin  

French Name
pachto  
serbe  

German Name
Paschtu  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Pashtun  
Serbs  

History

Origin
1651  
11th 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  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
82  
99+
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language  
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ps  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pus  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
pus  
srp  

ISO 639 3
pus  
srp  

ISO 639 6
pus  
srp  

Glottocode
pash1269  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
58-ABD-a  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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

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Pashto and Serbian Speaking population

Pashto and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Pashto and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Pashto and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 %. 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 Serbian on Pashto vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Pashto and Serbian Language Codes

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

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