Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Afganistan
National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Pakistan
Regulated By
Kazakh language agency
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
- 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
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
Arabic
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Western Kazakh
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
kazakh
pachto
German Name
Kasachisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Kazahks
Pashtun
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kazakh
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
kaza1248
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional
Kazakh 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 Kazakh and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kazakh and Pashto language. Kazakh word for "Hello" is Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be) or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Kazakh Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kazakh vs Pashto Difficulty
The Kazakh vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kazakh 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 Kazakh and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kazakh and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kazakh is 44 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.