Countries
Afganistan
  
European Union, Lithuania
  
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Lithuania
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Pakistan
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Commission of the Lithuanian 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.
  
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Latvian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
Ačiū
  
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Kaip sekasi?
  
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Labanakt
  
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Labas vakaras
  
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Laba diena
  
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Labas rytas
  
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Prašom
  
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
atsiprašau
  
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
Ate
  
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Aš myliu tave
  
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Atsiprašau
  
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
  
Samogitian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
Aukštaitian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Curonian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
3.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
3.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
  
lietuvių kalba
  
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
French Name
pachto
  
lituanien
  
German Name
Paschtu
  
Litauisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Lithuanians
  
Origin
1651
  
c. 1503
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Baltic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Lithuanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
lt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
lit
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
lit
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
lit
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
lith1251
  
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
  
54-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic
  
Pashto and Lithuanian Speaking population
Pashto and Lithuanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Pashto and Lithuanian languages can be compared. The total count of Pashto and Lithuanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is Not Available. 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 Lithuanian on Pashto vs Lithuanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Pashto and Lithuanian Language Codes
Pashto and Lithuanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Pashto and Lithuanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.