Countries
European Union, Poland
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Poland
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine
Pakistan
Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
- The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3244
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
97
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2329
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
cześć
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
dziękuję
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Jak się masz?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
dobranoc
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
dobry wieczór
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
dzień dobry
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Dzień dobry
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
proszę
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Przepraszam
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
do widzenia
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
kocham Cię
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
przepraszam
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Kashubian
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Poland
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
108,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Masovian
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Poland
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
45,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Silesian
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
510,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3421
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.61 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
40.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Polski
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
polonais
pachto
German Name
Polnisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Poles
Pashtun
Origin
1270
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Western
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Polish
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
2482
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
pl
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pol
pus
ISO 639 2/B
pol
pus
ISO 639 3
pol
pus
ISO 639 6
pols
pus
Glottocode
poli1260
pash1269
Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional