Countries
Afganistan
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Interesting Facts
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Amharic and Hebrew
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
Arabic.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
(salaam) سلام
مرحبا
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
شكرا
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
كيف حالك؟
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
تصبح على خير
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
مساء الخير
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
مساء الخير
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
صباح الخير
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
من فضلك
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
آسف
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
وداعا
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
أحبك
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
اعذرني
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Sudanese
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Sudan
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Levantine
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Cyprus, Levant
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
German Name
Paschtu
Arabisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Semitic
Branch
Iranian
North Arabic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Modern Standard Arabic
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Arabic
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
pash1269
arab1395
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic
Pashto and Arabic 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 Pashto and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Arabic language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Arabic Difficulty
The Pashto vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Arabic 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 Pashto and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.