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Polish vs Pashto


Pashto vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland  
Afganistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
32  
14
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
7  
4

How Many Consonants
23  
13
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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
510,000.00  
22
95,000.00  
29

Total No. Of Dialects
34  
27
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.61 %  
25
0.58 %  
26

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  

History

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  

Language Position
24  
20
82  
99+

Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Polish and Pashto Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Pashto language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Pashto language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 whereas history of Pashto language states that this language originated in 1651. 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 Polish and Pashto Language History.

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

Polish vs Pashto Difficulty

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

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