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Pashto vs Romanian


Romanian vs Pashto


Countries

Countries
Afganistan   
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
6   
9

National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora   
Moldova, Romania   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Kazakhstan, Russia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Pakistan   
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)   
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   

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.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages   
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
7   
4

How Many Consonants
29   
19
20   
10

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

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
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
(salaam) سلام   
alo   

Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر   
multumesc   

How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟   
ce mai faci?   

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

Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير   
buna Seara   

Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير   
buna Ziua   

Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏   
bună Dimineața   

Please
(lotfan) لطفا   
Vă Rog   

Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم   
scuze   

Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان   
La revedere   

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

Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم   
Scuza-Ma   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Central Pashto   
Aromanian   

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00   
14
250,000.00   
38

Dialect 2
Northern Pashto   
Megleno-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan   
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
4
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Wanetsi   
Istro-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
95,000.00   
29
1,400.00   
37

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.58 %   
26
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
4.00 million   
30

Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو   
Română   

Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto   
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   

French Name
pachto   
roumain; moldave   

German Name
Paschtu   
Rumänisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]   
[roˈmɨnə]   

Ethnicity
Pashtun   
Romanians   

History

Origin
1651   
1521   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Iranian   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Romanian   

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

Language Position
82   
99+
36   
28

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Romanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ps   
ro   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pus   
ron   

ISO 639 2/B
pus   
rum   

ISO 639 3
pus   
ron   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
pash1269   
roma1327   

Linguasphere
58-ABD-a   
51-AAD-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Synthetic   

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Pashto and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Pashto vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Pashto and Romanian language. History of Pashto language states that this language originated in 1651 whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. 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 Romanian Language History.

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Pashto and Romanian 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 Romanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Romanian language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Romanian word for "Thank You" is multumesc. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Romanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Pashto vs Romanian Difficulty

The Pashto vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Romanian 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 Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.

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