Countries
Afganistan
India
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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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.
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Bengali Language
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
(salaam) سلام
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
બાય (Bāya)
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Kathiyawadi
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Kharwa
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
French Name
pachto
goudjrati
German Name
Paschtu
Gujarati-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Gujaratis
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Gujarati
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Modern Gujarati
Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Signed Gujarati
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
pash1269
guja1252
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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Pashto and Gujarati 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 Gujarati greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Gujarati language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Gujarati word for "Thank You" is ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Gujarati Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Gujarati Difficulty
The Pashto vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.