Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Pakistan
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
- 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3044
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2529
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Молим (Molim)
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Serbia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Torlakian
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
321
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.70 million60.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.13 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.70 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
serbe
pachto
German Name
Serbisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Serbs
Pashtun
Origin
11th Century
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
4482
1
120
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Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sr
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
srp
pus
ISO 639 2/B
srp
pus
ISO 639 3
srp
pus
ISO 639 6
srp
pus
Glottocode
serb1264
pash1269
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional