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Indonesian vs Pashto


Pashto vs Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
Afganistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Indonesia   
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora   

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   
Pakistan   

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)   

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • 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
Malay language   
Persian and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
7   
4

How Many Consonants
19   
9
29   
19

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
(salaam) سلام   

Thank You
Terima kasih   
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر   

How Are You?
Apa kabar?   
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير   

Good Evening
Malam yang baik   
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير   

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore   
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير   

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi   
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏   

Please
mohon Untuk   
(lotfan) لطفا   

Sorry
maaf   
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان   

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu   
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)   

Excuse Me
Permisi   
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese   
Central Pashto   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00   
8
6,500,000.00   
14

Dialect 2
Balinese   
Northern Pashto   

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00   
17
21,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 3
Minangkabau   
Wanetsi   

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
7
95,000.00   
29

Total No. Of Dialects
46   
30
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
0.58 %   
26

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million   
4
Not Available   

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu   
(paṧto) پښتو   

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia   
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto   

French Name
indonésien   
pachto   

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia   
Paschtu   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]   

Ethnicity
Indonesians   
Pashtun   

History

Origin
7th Century   
1651   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Indonesian   
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto   

Language Position
56   
99+
82   
99+

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
id   
ps   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind   
pus   

ISO 639 2/B
ind   
pus   

ISO 639 3
ind   
pus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
indo1316   
pash1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
58-ABD-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional   

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Indonesian and Pashto Language History

Comparison of Indonesian vs Pashto language history gives us differences between origin of Indonesian and Pashto language. History of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century whereas history of Pashto language states that this language originated in 1651. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Indonesian and Pashto Language History.

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Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Indonesian and Pashto language. Indonesian word for "Hello" is Halo or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Indonesian Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Indonesian vs Pashto Difficulty

The Indonesian vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.

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