Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Interesting Facts
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
- 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
Молим (Molim)
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Serbia
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Torlakian
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
17
How Many People Speak?
8.70 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
20
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
serbe
  
pachto
  
German Name
Serbisch
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Serbs
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
11th Century
  
1651
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sr
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
srp
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
srp
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
srp
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
serb1264
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Serbian 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 Serbian and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Pashto language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Serbian vs Pashto Difficulty
The Serbian vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian 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 Serbian and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.