1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan
Bulgaria, European Union
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Bulgaria
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Pakistan
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Institute for the Bulgarian language
1.8 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.
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Macedonian language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
(salaam) سلام
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
3.2 Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Как си? (Kak si?)
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
3.8 Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Моля (Molja)
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Довиждане (Doviždane)
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Обичам те (Običam te)
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Bulgaria
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Panagyurishte
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Bulgaria
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Bulgaria
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
95,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
60.00 million7.80 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million7.80 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
български (bãlgarski)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Balgarski
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Standard Bulgarian
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Bulgarian Sign Language
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology