Countries
Afganistan
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Pakistan
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
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.
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Czech Language
Derived From
-
Czech-Slovak Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4446
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
715
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2938
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Ahoj
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Ďakujem vám
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Ako sa máte?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Dobrú noc
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Dobré popoludnie
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Dobré ráno
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Prosím
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Pardón!
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Dovidenia
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Ľúbim Ťa
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Prepáčte!
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Eastern Slovak
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.005,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Central Slovak
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.005,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Western Slovak
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
How Many People Speak
95,000.005,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
214
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million5.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million5.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million6.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
slovenčina
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Slovakian, Slovencina
French Name
pachto
slovaque
German Name
Paschtu
Slowakisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ˈsləʊvæk]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Slovaks
Origin
1651
6th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Slavic
Branch
Iranian
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Slavic
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Slovak
Language Position
8227
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Slovak Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
sk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
slk
ISO 639 2/B
pus
slo
ISO 639 3
pus
slk
ISO 639 6
pus
slk
Glottocode
pash1269
slov1269
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
53-AAA-db
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic