Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Russia
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Afganistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Pakistan
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
- 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3344
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
107
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2129
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
30,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Olonets
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Olonets
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
154,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Novgorod
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
154,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
1321
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
276.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
2.33 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
166.00 million60.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
110.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Русский
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Russki
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
russe
pachto
German Name
Russisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Russians
Pashtun
Origin
1000 AD
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Eastern
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
782
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ru
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
rus
pus
ISO 639 2/B
rus
pus
ISO 639 3
rus
pus
ISO 639 6
rus
pus
Glottocode
russ1263
pash1269
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
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