Countries
Afganistan
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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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
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4430
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2925
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
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
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)
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Prizren-Timok
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Southeastern Serbia
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Smederevo–Vršac
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Serbia
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
95,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
213
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million8.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million8.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
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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
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
8244
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)
Scope
Individual
Individual
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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