Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Afganistan
National Language
Abkhazia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
- 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
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Caucasian languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Not Available
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Not Available
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Not available
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Not available
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Bzyb
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Caucasus
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Turkey
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
abkhaze
pachto
German Name
Abchasisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Pashtun
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
abks
Not Available
Glottocode
abkh1244
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data Available
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional
Abkhaz 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 Abkhaz and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Abkhaz and Pashto language. Abkhaz word for "Hello" is Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Abkhaz Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Abkhaz vs Pashto Difficulty
The Abkhaz vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz 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 Abkhaz and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.