Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Afganistan
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
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Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- 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
Farsi Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Alphabets in
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Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Silaw
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Sipas
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Şev xweş
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Evare baş
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Bê zehmet
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Bibûre
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Be xêr çî
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Afganistan, Pakistan
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
German Name
Kurdisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Origin
16th century CE
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
kurd1259
pash1269
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
Kurdish 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 Kurdish and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Pashto language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Pashto Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish 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 Kurdish and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.