Countries
Afganistan
Bhutan
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Bhutan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
India
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Dzongkha Development Commission
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.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Sikkimese Language
Derived From
-
Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Kuzoozangpo La
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Kaadinchhey La
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
lek shom ay zim
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
བསྐྱར་མ་
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Tsip maza
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Log Jay Gay
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Tsip maza
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Laya
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Bhutan
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Lunana
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Bhutan
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Bhutan
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
French Name
pachto
dzongkha
German Name
Paschtu
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Ngalop people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Branch
Iranian
Tibeto-Burman
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Dzongkha
Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Signed Dzongkha
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
pash1269
nucl1307
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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Pashto and Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Dzongkha language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Dzongkha word for "Thank You" is Kaadinchhey La. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Dzongkha Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Dzongkha Difficulty
The Pashto vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Dzongkha time required is 38 weeks.