Countries
Afganistan
  
Czech Republic, European Union
  
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Czech Republic
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Pakistan
  
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Institute of the Czech Language
  
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.
  
- The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
- In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Czech-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
ahoj
  
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
děkuji
  
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Jak se máš?
  
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
dobrou noc
  
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
dobré odpoledne
  
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
dobré ráno
  
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
  
prosím
  
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
litovat
  
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
sbohem
  
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Miluji tě
  
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
promiňte
  
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
  
Chod
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Chodsko, Bohemia
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
Lach
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Moravian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
  
čeština / český jazyk
  
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
Bohemian, Cestina
  
French Name
pachto
  
tchèque
  
German Name
Paschtu
  
Tschechisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Czechs
  
Origin
1651
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Standard Czech
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Czech Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
cs
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
ces
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
cze
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
ces
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
czec1258
  
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
  
53-AAA-da
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional, Synthetic