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