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Croatian vs Pashto


Pashto vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
Afganistan   

Total No. Of Countries
9   
7
1   
14

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

Alphabets in
Croatian-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
Latin   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian   
Central Pashto   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
31
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
95,000.00   
29

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million   
18
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
89.00 %   
1
0.58 %   
26

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   

History

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   

Language Position
23   
19
82   
99+

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Croatian and Pashto Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Pashto language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Pashto language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Croatian and Pashto Language History.

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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.

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