Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Interesting Facts
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
- 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
Romanian
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
20
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
Not Available
  
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
albanais
  
pachto
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
1651
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sq
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Albanian and Pashto Speaking population
Albanian and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Albanian and Pashto on Albanian vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Albanian and Pashto Language Codes
Albanian and Pashto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Albanian and Pashto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.