Countries
European Union, Slovenia
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Pakistan
Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
- 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
Serbo-Croatian
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2544
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2029
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Hvala
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Kako se imate?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Lahko noč
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Dober večer
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Dober dan
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Prosim
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Oprostite
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Nasvidenje
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Ljubim te
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Oprostite
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
80,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Resian
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Italy
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Styrian
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Slovenia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
4821
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
2.50 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Slovenščina
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
slovène
pachto
German Name
Slowenisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Slovenes
Pashtun
Origin
972-1093
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
Slovene
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
2882
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovene Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sl
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slv
pus
ISO 639 2/B
slv
pus
ISO 639 3
slv
pus
ISO 639 6
slv
pus
Glottocode
slov1268
pash1269
Linguasphere
53-AAA-f
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional