Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Second Language
United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Interesting Facts
- Hungarian language has only preserved most of its ancient elements.
- 'Magyar' is the Hungarian name for the language, the 'Magyar' is also used as an English word to refer to Hungarian people.
  
- 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
Mansi and Khanty Languages
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Hungarian-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
szia
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
köszönöm
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
Hogy vagy?
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
Jó Éjszakát
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
jó Estét
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
jó Reggelt
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
Kérlek
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
bocsi
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
viszlát
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
Szeretlek
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
elnézést
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Csángó
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Oberwart
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Austria
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Székely
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Székely Land
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
20
Second Language Speakers
0.07 million
  
38
Not Available
  
Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Magyar
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
hongrois
  
pachto
  
German Name
Ungarisch
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Hungarians
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
1192 AD
  
1651
  
Language Family
Uralic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Ugric
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Hungarian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hu
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hun
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
hun
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
hun
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hung1274
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
ohu
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Fusional