Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Afganistan
National Language
France
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Pakistan
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
- 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
Italian Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
bonjour
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Merci
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
bonne Nuit
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
bonsoir
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Bonjour
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
S'il vous plaît
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
désolé
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
au revoir
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Je t'aime
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 2
African French
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Africa
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Afganistan, Pakistan
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
français
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Français
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
français
pachto
German Name
Französisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Pashtun
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard French
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
fras
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1290
pash1269
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
French 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 French and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Pashto language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common French Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Pashto Difficulty
The French vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.