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Russian and Pashto


Pashto and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Afganistan   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Russia   
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Pakistan   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Persian and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
7   
4

How Many Consonants
21   
11
29   
19

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
(salaam) سلام   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
(lotfan) لطفا   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Central Pashto   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
6,500,000.00   
14

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Northern Pashto   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
21,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Wanetsi   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
95,000.00   
29

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
0.58 %   
26

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
Not Available   

Native Name
Русский   
(paṧto) پښتو   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto   

French Name
russe   
pachto   

German Name
Russisch   
Paschtu   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Pashtun   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
1651   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Eastern   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto   

Language Position
7   
7
82   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
ps   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
pus   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
pus   

ISO 639 3
rus   
pus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
pash1269   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
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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All Russian and Pashto Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Russian and Pashto dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Pashto language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Pashto Dialects are spoken in different Pashto speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Pashto Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Pashto dialects include: Central Pashto , Northern Pashto. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Russian and Pashto Speaking population

Russian and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Pashto on Russian vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Pashto Language Codes

Russian and Pashto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Pashto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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