Countries
Afganistan
  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Austria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Pakistan
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
  
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.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Serbain and Bosnian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Church Slavonic
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
bok
  
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
hvala
  
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
kako si
  
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
laku noć
  
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
dobra večer
  
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
dobar dan
  
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
dobro jutro
  
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
  
molim
  
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
Doviđenja
  
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Volim te
  
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Ispričavam se
  
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Shtokavian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
  
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00
  
5
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
89.00 million
  
18
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
5.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
1.25 million
  
36
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
  
hrvatski
  
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
Hrvatski
  
French Name
pachto
  
croate
  
German Name
Paschtu
  
Kroatisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Croats
  
Origin
1651
  
9th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Croatian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
hr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
croa1245
  
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
  
part of 53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Pashto and Croatian Speaking population
Pashto and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Pashto and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Pashto and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. 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 Croatian on Pashto vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Pashto and Croatian Language Codes
Pashto and Croatian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Pashto and Croatian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.