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Pashto vs Polish


Polish vs Pashto


Countries

Countries
Afganistan   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora   
Poland   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Pakistan   
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)   
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   

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.
  
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  

Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages   
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
9   
6

How Many Consonants
29   
19
23   
13

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
(salaam) سلام   
cześć   

Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر   
dziękuję   

How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟   
Jak się masz?   

Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير   
dobranoc   

Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير   
dobry wieczór   

Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير   
dzień dobry   

Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏   
Dzień dobry   

Please
(lotfan) لطفا   
proszę   

Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم   
Przepraszam   

Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان   
do widzenia   

I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)   
kocham Cię   

Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم   
przepraszam   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Central Pashto   
Kashubian   

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00   
14
108,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Pashto   
Masovian   

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan   
Poland   

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

Dialect 3
Wanetsi   
Silesian   

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan   
Czech Republic, Poland   

How Many People Speak
95,000.00   
29
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
34   
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
0.58 %   
26
0.61 %   
25

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
40.00 million   
24

Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو   
Polski   

Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto   
Polnisch, Polski   

French Name
pachto   
polonais   

German Name
Paschtu   
Polnisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]   
[ˈpɔlski]   

Ethnicity
Pashtun   
Poles   

History

Origin
1651   
1270   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Slavic   

Branch
Iranian   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Polish and Middle Polish   

Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto   
Polish   

Language Position
82   
99+
24   
20

Signed Forms
Not Available   
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ps   
pl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pus   
pol   

ISO 639 2/B
pus   
pol   

ISO 639 3
pus   
pol   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
pols   

Glottocode
pash1269   
poli1260   

Linguasphere
58-ABD-a   
53-AAA-cc   

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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Pashto and Polish Language History

Comparison of Pashto vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Pashto and Polish language. History of Pashto language states that this language originated in 1651 whereas history of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Pashto and Polish Language History.

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Pashto and Polish Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Pashto and Polish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Polish language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Polish word for "Thank You" is dziękuję. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Polish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Pashto vs Polish Difficulty

The Pashto vs Polish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Polish Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Pashto and Polish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Polish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Polish time required is 44 weeks.

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