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
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Olonets
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Olonets
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Русский
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Russki
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
German Name
Russisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Russians
Pashtun
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Indo-Iranian
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
russ1263
pash1269
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
Russian 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 Russian and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Pashto language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Russian vs Pashto Difficulty
The Russian vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian 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 Russian and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.