Countries
Afganistan
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Pakistan
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
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.
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Czech Language
Derived From
Not Available
Czech-Slovak Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Ďakujem vám
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Ako sa máte?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Dobrú noc
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Dobré popoludnie
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Dobré ráno
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Prosím
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Pardón!
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Dovidenia
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Ľúbim Ťa
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Prepáčte!
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Eastern Slovak
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Central Slovak
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Western Slovak
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
slovenčina
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Slovakian, Slovencina
French Name
pachto
slovaque
German Name
Paschtu
Slowakisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Slovaks
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Slavic
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Slavic
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Slovak
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
pash1269
slov1269
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
53-AAA-db
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic
Pashto and Slovak 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 Slovak greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Slovak language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Slovak word for "Thank You" is Ďakujem vám. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Slovak Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Slovak Difficulty
The Pashto vs Slovak difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Slovak 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 Slovak are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Slovak, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.