Countries
Indonesia
Afganistan
National Language
Indonesia
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Pakistan
Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
- 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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
matur nuwun
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
piye kabare?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
wengi sing apik
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Not Available
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Pekalongan
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Cirebon
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
basa Jawa
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
javanais
pachto
German Name
Javanisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Pashtun
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Javanese
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
java1253
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional
Javanese 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 Javanese and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Javanese and Pashto language. Javanese word for "Hello" is Halo or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Javanese Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Javanese vs Pashto Difficulty
The Javanese vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Javanese 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 Javanese and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Javanese and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Javanese is 36 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.