Countries
Macedonia
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
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
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Interesting Facts
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian 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
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
жал (žal)
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
Чао (Čao)
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Torlakian
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Debar
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Galičnik
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Macedonia
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.50 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
20
Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
macédonien
  
pachto
  
German Name
Makedonisch
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Macedonians
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
2200 BC
  
1651
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Southern
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Macedonian
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mk
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mkd
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
mac
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
mkd
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mace1250
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Fusional