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Pashto vs Serbian


Serbian vs Pashto


Countries

Countries
Afganistan  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

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
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
29  
19
25  
15

Scripts
Arabic  
Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Central Pashto  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Northern Pashto  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
Serbia  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
25
12,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Wanetsi  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
95,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
8.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.58 %  
28
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
50.00 million  
18
12.00 million  
38

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  

History

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
82  
99+
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language  
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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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Pashto and Serbian Language History

Comparison of Pashto vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Pashto and Serbian language. History of Pashto language states that this language originated in 1651 whereas history of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century. 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 Serbian Language History.

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

Pashto vs Serbian Difficulty

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

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