Countries
Afganistan
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Pakistan
  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian 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.
  
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Молим (Molim)
  
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Волим те (Volim te)
  
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Извините (Izvinite)
  
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
  
Prizren-Timok
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Southeastern Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
17
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
8.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
8.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
Montenegrin
  
French Name
pachto
  
serbe
  
German Name
Paschtu
  
Serbisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Serbs
  
Origin
1651
  
11th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Standard Serbian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
sr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
srp
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
srp
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
srp
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
serb1264
  
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
  
53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available