Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  
Afganistan
  
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 in
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
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
  
How Many People Speak?
276.00 million
  
6
60.00 million
  
27
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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