[quote=N]Well, in modern Russian Пушту is prevailing. That would be the correct statement.Originally Posted by translations.nm.ru
[quote="translations.nm.ru":vzc21jei]The Brokhaus Encyclopedia, published in early 1910s, and the Literary Dictionary, published in 1920s by some crackheds who use the падонки-style spelling (Авганистан - doh!), are no authority on the present-day spelling.[/quote]
You can also look at the Soviet Encyclopedia (Second edition) and at [i]modern[/i] science books:
[url="http://aleph.rsl.ru/F/QSN7FS3981PBCMNCDCM6P82BJ4UPVDJ1PXN2HDMLJINRP98B2E-01900?func=find-b&request=%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%88%D1%82%D0%BE&adjacent= N&find_code=WRD&CON_LNG=rus"]http://aleph.rsl.ru/F/QSN7FS3981PBCMNCD ... ON_LNG=rus[/url]
http://aleph.rsl.ru/F/****-03823?func=f ... ON_LNG=rus[/quote:vzc21jei]
Ok, I stand corrected. Пашто (but not пашту) does occur in modern linguistic texts.
Well, they do spell авганистан in Падонки-style, don't they?Originally Posted by N