Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Pakistan
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
- 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
Czech Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4644
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
157
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3829
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
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ahoj
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Dobrú noc
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Prosím
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Pardón!
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Dovidenia
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
421
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.14 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.20 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
slovenčina
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
slovaque
pachto
German Name
Slowakisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Slovaks
Pashtun
Origin
6th Century
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Western
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Slovak
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
2782
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sk
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slk
pus
ISO 639 2/B
slo
pus
ISO 639 3
slk
pus
ISO 639 6
slk
pus
Glottocode
slov1269
pash1269
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional