Countries
Afganistan
  
Belarus, Poland
  
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Belarus, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Poland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Pakistan
  
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
  
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Russian and Ukrainian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
dobry dzień
  
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
Dziakuj
  
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Jak vy ?
  
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Dabranač
  
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Dobry viečar
  
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
dobry dzień
  
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Dobraj ranicy
  
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Kali laska
  
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Vybačajcie
  
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
da pabačennia
  
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
JA liubliu ciabie
  
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Vybačajcie
  
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
  
North-Eastern Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
North-East Belarus
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
South-Western Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
South-West Belarus
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Middle Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Middle Belarus
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
9.63 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
7.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.89 million
  
26
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
  
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
  
French Name
pachto
  
biélorusse
  
German Name
Paschtu
  
Weißrussisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Belarusians
  
Origin
1651
  
18th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Eastern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old East Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Belarusian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
be
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
bel
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
bel
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
bel
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
bela1254
  
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
  
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Pashto and Belarusian Speaking population
Pashto and Belarusian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Pashto and Belarusian languages can be compared. The total count of Pashto and Belarusian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Belarusian language is 0.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Pashto and Belarusian on Pashto vs Belarusian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Pashto and Belarusian Language Codes
Pashto and Belarusian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Pashto and Belarusian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.