Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Austria
  
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Interesting Facts
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th 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
Serbain and Bosnian
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Church Slavonic
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Croatian-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
bok
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
hvala
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
kako si
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
laku noć
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
dobra večer
  
(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
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
Oprostite
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
Doviđenja
  
(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
Ispričavam se
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Chakavian
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Chakavian
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Shtokavian
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00
  
5
How Many People Speak?
89.00 million
  
18
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
5.60 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
20
Second Language Speakers
1.25 million
  
36
Not Available
  
Native Name
hrvatski
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Hrvatski
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
croate
  
pachto
  
German Name
Kroatisch
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Croats
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
9th 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
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hr
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hrv
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
hrv
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
hrv
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
croa1245
  
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
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Croatian 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 Croatian and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Croatian and Pashto language. Croatian word for "Hello" is bok or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Croatian Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Croatian vs Pashto Difficulty
The Croatian vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Croatian 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 Croatian and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Croatian and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Croatian is 44 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.