Countries
Afganistan
Macedonia
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
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
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
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Debar
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Galičnik
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Slavic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Macedonian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
pash1269
mace1250
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
53-AAA-ha
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic
Pashto and Macedonian 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 Macedonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Macedonian language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Macedonian word for "Thank You" is Благодарам (Blagodaram). Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Macedonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Macedonian Difficulty
The Pashto vs Macedonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Macedonian 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 Macedonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Macedonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Macedonian time required is 44 weeks.