Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Afganistan
National Language
Malaysia
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Thailand
Pakistan
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- 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
Indonesian Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Tamil Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
terima kasih
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Selamat Malam
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
sila
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
maaf
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Selamat tinggal
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 2
Pekal
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Afganistan, Pakistan
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Afganistan, Pakistan
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
malais
pachto
German Name
Malaiisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Pashtun
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
stan1306
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional
Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malaysian and Pashto language. Malaysian word for "Hello" is Hai or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Malaysian Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malaysian vs Pashto Difficulty
The Malaysian vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.