1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Afganistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Russia
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
1.4 Second Language
Afganistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Pakistan
1.7 Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
(salaam) سلام
3.2 Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
(lotfan) لطفا
3.9 Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Central Pashto
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
30,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Olonets
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA21,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Novgorod
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA95,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
276.00 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
166.00 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
110.00 millionNA
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Russki
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional