Countries
Ukraine
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Ukraine
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
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
Pakistan
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
- Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
- 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
Russian and Belarusian Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3344
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2229
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
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
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
будь ласк
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Podillian
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
42,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Volynian
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
44,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Steppe
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
42,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
1521
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
39.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.46 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
39.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
30.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Ukrayins'ka Mova
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
ukrainien
pachto
German Name
Ukrainisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Ukrainians
Pashtun
Origin
1561
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Eastern
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
2682
1
120
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Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
uk
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ukr
pus
ISO 639 2/B
ukr
pus
ISO 639 3
ukr
pus
ISO 639 6
ukr
pus
Glottocode
ukra1253
pash1269
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
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