Countries
Afganistan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Pakistan
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
University of Sarajevo
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.
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Serbian and Croatian
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
(salaam) سلام
Zdravo
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Hvala
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Kako si?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Laku noc
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Dobro veće
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Dobar dan
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Dobro jutro
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
molim vas
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Oprostite
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Zbogom
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Volim te
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Croatia
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Croatia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Not Available
French Name
pachto
bosniaque
German Name
Paschtu
Bosnisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Bosniaks
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Iranian
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Bosnian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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boss
Glottocode
pash1269
bosn1245
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
part of 53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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Pashto and Bosnian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Pashto and Bosnian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Bosnian language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Bosnian word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Bosnian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Bosnian Difficulty
The Pashto vs Bosnian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Bosnian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Pashto and Bosnian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Bosnian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Bosnian time required is 44 weeks.