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Romanian vs Pashto


Pashto vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
Afganistan   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

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   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
7   
4

How Many Consonants
20   
10
29   
19

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Central Pashto   

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
6,500,000.00   
14

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
Northern Pashto   

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
21,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Wanetsi   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
95,000.00   
29

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.58 %   
26

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
Not Available   

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   

History

Origin
1521   
1651   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto   

Language Position
36   
28
82   
99+

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
roma1327   
pash1269   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
58-ABD-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Romanian and Pashto Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Pashto language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Pashto language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 whereas history of Pashto language states that this language originated in 1651. 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 Romanian and Pashto Language History.

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Romanian and Pashto 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 Romanian and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Romanian and Pashto language. Romanian word for "Hello" is alo or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Romanian Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Romanian vs Pashto Difficulty

The Romanian vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian Alphabets and Pashto 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 Romanian and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.

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