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Pashto vs Esperanto


Esperanto vs Pashto


Countries

Countries
Afganistan  
East Asia, European Union, South America  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora  
East Asia, European Union  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)  
Akademio de Esperanto  

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.
  
  • The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages  
Latin and Italian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
44  
24
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
29  
19
27  
17

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
(salaam) سلام  
Halo  

Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر  
Dankon  

How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟  
Kiel vi sanas?  

Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير  
Bonan nokton  

Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير  
Bonan vesperon  

Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير  
Bonan posttagmezon  

Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏  
Bonan matenon  

Please
(lotfan) لطفا  
Mi petas  

Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم  
Mi bedaŭras!  

Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان  
Ĝis poste  

I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)  
Mi amas vin  

Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم  
Pardonu!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Central Pashto  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Pashto  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
25
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Wanetsi  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
95,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
0  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
2.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.58 %  
28
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
0.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
50.00 million  
18
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو  
Esperanto  

Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  

French Name
pachto  
espéranto  

German Name
Paschtu  
Esperanto  

Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]  
[espeˈranto]  

Ethnicity
Pashtun  
Esperanto speakers  

History

Origin
1651  
1887  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Iranian  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Esperanto  

Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto  
Esperanto  

Language Position
82  
99+
33  
31

Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language  
Signuno  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ps  
eo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pus  
epo  

ISO 639 2/B
pus  
epo  

ISO 639 3
pus  
epo  

ISO 639 6
pus  
epo  

Glottocode
pash1269  
espe1235  

Linguasphere
58-ABD-a  
51-AAB-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Constructed  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative  

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Pashto and Esperanto Language History

Comparison of Pashto vs Esperanto language history gives us differences between origin of Pashto and Esperanto language. History of Pashto language states that this language originated in 1651 whereas history of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Pashto and Esperanto Language History.

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Pashto and Esperanto 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 Esperanto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Esperanto language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Esperanto word for "Thank You" is Dankon. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Esperanto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Pashto vs Esperanto Difficulty

The Pashto vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.

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