Countries
European Union, Poland
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Poland
  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
  
Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
cześć
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
dziękuję
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
Jak się masz?
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
dobranoc
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
dobry wieczór
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
dzień dobry
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
Dzień dobry
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
proszę
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
Przepraszam
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
do widzenia
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
kocham Cię
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
przepraszam
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Kashubian
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Poland
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
108,000.00
  
99+
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Masovian
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Poland
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Silesian
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
40.00 million
  
24
60.00 million
  
20
Native Name
Polski
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
polonais
  
pachto
  
German Name
Polnisch
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Poles
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
1270
  
1651
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Western
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Polish
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pl
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pol
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
pol
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
pol
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
pols
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
poli1260
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Polish and Pashto Speaking population
Polish and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Polish and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Polish and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Polish and Pashto on Polish vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Polish and Pashto Language Codes
Polish and Pashto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Polish and Pashto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.