Countries
India
Afganistan
National Language
India
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
- 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
Marathi
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Namaskar
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
kaso assa?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Not Available
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Chike
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Maf kor
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Adeus
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Antruz
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Goa
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not present
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Not Available
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not present
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Not Available
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
konkani
pachto
German Name
Konkani
Paschtu
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Konkanis
Pashtun
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kokani
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ps
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
goan1235
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
Konkani 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 Konkani and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Konkani and Pashto language. Konkani word for "Hello" is Namaskar or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Konkani Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Konkani vs Pashto Difficulty
The Konkani vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Konkani 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 Konkani and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Konkani and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Konkani is 4 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.