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Bosnian vs Pashto


Pashto vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Afganistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
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
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Pakistan  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian 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
Serbian and Croatian  
Persian and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
25  
15
29  
19

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
(salaam) سلام  

Thank You
Hvala  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟  

Good Night
Laku noc  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏  

Please
molim vas  
(lotfan) لطفا  

Sorry
Oprostite  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم  

Bye
Zbogom  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان  

I Love You
Volim te  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Central Pashto  

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
11
6,500,000.00  
14

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Northern Pashto  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
28
21,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Wanetsi  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
95,000.00  
29

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.58 %  
26

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
60.00 million  
20

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
(paṧto) پښتو  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto  

French Name
bosniaque  
pachto  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Paschtu  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Pashtun  

History

Origin
19th Century  
1651  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto  

Language Position
Not Available  
82  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
ps  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
pus  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
pus  

ISO 639 3
bos  
pus  

ISO 639 6
boss  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
pash1269  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
58-ABD-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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Bosnian and Pashto Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Pashto language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Pashto language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Pashto language states that this language originated in 1651. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Bosnian and Pashto Language History.

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Bosnian and Pashto Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Bosnian and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bosnian and Pashto language. Bosnian word for "Hello" is Zdravo or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Bosnian Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Bosnian vs Pashto Difficulty

The Bosnian vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and Pashto Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Bosnian and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.

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