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 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 Russian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Russian language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Russian word for "Thank You" is спасибо(spasibo). Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Russian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Russian Difficulty
The Pashto vs Russian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Russian 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 Russian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Russian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Russian time required is 44 weeks.