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Pashto vs Romanian


Romanian vs Pashto


Countries

Countries
Afganistan  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
6  
9

National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora  
Moldova, Romania  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Kazakhstan, Russia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Pakistan  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  

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.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
7  
4

How Many Consonants
29  
19
20  
10

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
(salaam) سلام  
alo  

Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر  
multumesc  

How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟  
ce mai faci?  

Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير  
noapte Buna  

Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير  
buna Seara  

Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير  
buna Ziua  

Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏  
bună Dimineața  

Please
(lotfan) لطفا  
Vă Rog  

Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم  
scuze  

Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان  
La revedere  

I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)  
Te iubesc  

Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم  
Scuza-Ma  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Central Pashto  
Aromanian  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00  
99+
250,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Pashto  
Megleno-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
25
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Wanetsi  
Istro-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
95,000.00  
99+
1,400.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.58 %  
28
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
50.00 million  
18
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو  
Română  

Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  

French Name
pachto  
roumain; moldave  

German Name
Paschtu  
Rumänisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]  
[roˈmɨnə]  

Ethnicity
Pashtun  
Romanians  

History

Origin
1651  
1521  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Iranian  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Romanian  

Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto  
Romanian  

Language Position
82  
99+
36  
33

Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language  
Romanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ps  
ro  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pus  
ron  

ISO 639 2/B
pus  
rum  

ISO 639 3
pus  
ron  

ISO 639 6
pus  
ron  

Glottocode
pash1269  
roma1327  

Linguasphere
58-ABD-a  
51-AAD-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Synthetic  

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Pashto and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Pashto vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Pashto and Romanian language. History of Pashto language states that this language originated in 1651 whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Pashto and Romanian Language History.

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Pashto and Romanian 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 Romanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Romanian language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Romanian word for "Thank You" is multumesc. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Romanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Pashto vs Romanian Difficulty

The Pashto vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Romanian 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 Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.

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