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Russian and Pashto


Countries

Countries
Afganistan   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora   
Russia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Pakistan   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   

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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
44   
24
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
10   
7

How Many Consonants
29   
19
21   
11

Scripts
Arabic   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
(salaam) سلام   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر   
спасибо(spasibo)   

How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟   
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   

Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   

Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   

Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   

Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   

Please
(lotfan) لطفا   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   

Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم   
Извините(Izvinite)   

Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   

I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)   
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم   
извините(izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Central Pashto   
Doukhobor Russian   

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan   
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   

How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00   
14
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Pashto   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan   
Olonets   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
4
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Wanetsi   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan   
Novgorod   

How Many People Speak
95,000.00   
29
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
0.58 %   
26
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
110.00 million   
7

Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو   
Русский   

Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto   
Russki   

French Name
pachto   
russe   

German Name
Paschtu   
Russisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Pashtun   
Russians   

History

Origin
1651   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic 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   
Standard Russian   

Language Position
82   
99+
7   
7

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Russian   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ps   
ru   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pus   
rus   

ISO 639 2/B
pus   
rus   

ISO 639 3
pus   
rus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
pash1269   
russ1263   

Linguasphere
58-ABD-a   
53-AAA-ea   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Pashto and Russian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Pashto and Russian dialects. Various dialects of Pashto and Russian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Pashto are spoken in different Pashto Speaking Countries whereas Russian Dialects are spoken in different Russian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Pashto vs Russian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Pashto dialects include: Central Pashto, Northern Pashto. Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian , Olonets. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Pashto and Russian Speaking population

Pashto and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Pashto and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Pashto and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Pashto vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Pashto and Russian Language Codes

Pashto and Russian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Pashto and Russian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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