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Serbian vs Pashto


Pashto vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Afganistan  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
30  
12
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
25  
15
29  
19

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Central Pashto  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
6,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Northern Pashto  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
34
21,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Wanetsi  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
95,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.58 %  
28

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
50.00 million  
18

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  

History

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
44  
99+
82  
99+

Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  
Pashto Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Serbian and Pashto Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Pashto language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Pashto language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century 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 Serbian and Pashto Language History.

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

Serbian vs Pashto Difficulty

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

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