Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
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National Language
Moldova, Romania
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Pakistan
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Latin
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3144
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
77
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2029
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
alo
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
multumesc
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
noapte Buna
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
buna Seara
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Vă Rog
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
scuze
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
La revedere
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Te iubesc
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Aromanian
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
250,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
5,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Croatia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
1,400.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1021
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Română
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
roumain; moldave
pachto
German Name
Rumänisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Romanians
Pashtun
Origin
1521
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Romanian
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
3682
1
120
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Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ro
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ron
pus
ISO 639 2/B
rum
pus
ISO 639 3
ron
pus
ISO 639 6
ron
pus
Glottocode
roma1327
pash1269
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional