Countries
Afganistan
  
European Union, Slovenia
  
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Pakistan
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
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 Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Serbo-Croatian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
Halo
  
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Kako se imate?
  
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Lahko noč
  
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Dober večer
  
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Dober dan
  
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Prosim
  
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
Nasvidenje
  
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Ljubim te
  
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
  
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Hungary, Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
Resian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Styrian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
2.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
French Name
pachto
  
slovène
  
German Name
Paschtu
  
Slowenisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Slovenes
  
Origin
1651
  
972-1093
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Slovene
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
sl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
slv
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
slv
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
slv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
slov1268
  
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
  
53-AAA-f
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional
  
Pashto and Slovene 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 Slovene greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Slovene language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Slovene word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Slovene Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Slovene Difficulty
The Pashto vs Slovene difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Slovene 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 Slovene are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Slovene, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Slovene time required is 44 weeks.