Countries
Belarus, Poland
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Belarus, Gambia
  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Second Language
Poland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Interesting Facts
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish 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
Russian and Ukrainian
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
dobry dzień
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
Dziakuj
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
Jak vy ?
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
Dabranač
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
Dobry viečar
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
dobry dzień
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
Kali laska
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
Vybačajcie
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
da pabačennia
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
Vybačajcie
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
North-East Belarus
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
South-West Belarus
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Middle Belarus
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
9.63 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
20
Second Language Speakers
5.89 million
  
26
Not Available
  
Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
biélorusse
  
pachto
  
German Name
Weißrussisch
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Belarusians
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
18th century
  
1651
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Eastern
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Belarusian
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
be
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bel
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
bel
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
bel
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bela1254
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Belarusian and Pashto Speaking population
Belarusian and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Belarusian and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Belarusian and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Belarusian language is 0.11 % 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 Belarusian and Pashto on Belarusian vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Belarusian and Pashto Language Codes
Belarusian and Pashto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Belarusian and Pashto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.