Countries
Afganistan
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
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 in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Olonets
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Olonets
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Novgorod
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Novgorod
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Русский
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Russki
German Name
Paschtu
Russisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Russians
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Slavic
Early Forms
No early forms
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Standard Russian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
pash1269
russ1263
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic
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.
