Countries
Afganistan
Macedonia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Pakistan
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
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.
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4431
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2926
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
жал (žal)
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Чао (Čao)
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.001.50
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Debar
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Galičnik
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
95,000.002,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2128
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million2.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million2.50 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
50.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
pachto
macédonien
German Name
Paschtu
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Macedonians
Origin
1651
2200 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Slavic
Branch
Iranian
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Macedonian
Language Position
8245
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
mk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
mkd
ISO 639 2/B
pus
mac
ISO 639 3
pus
mkd
ISO 639 6
pus
mkd
Glottocode
pash1269
mace1250
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
53-AAA-ha
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic