Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Bulgaria
  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Interesting Facts
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
- 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
Macedonian language
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
Моля (Molja)
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Pirdop
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.80 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
20
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Balgarski
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
bulgare
  
pachto
  
German Name
Bulgarisch
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1651
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Southern
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bg
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bul
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
bul
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
bul
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
buls
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bulg1262
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional