Countries
Afganistan
Fiji, 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, Oceania
Minority Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Central Hindi Directorate
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.
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Urdu
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
(salaam) سلام
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
खेद (Khēda)
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
अलविदा (Alavidā)
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Khariboli
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Marwari
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Bundeli
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Bundelkhand
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
German Name
Paschtu
Hindi
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Hindustani people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Standard Hindi
Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
hins
Glottocode
pash1269
hind1269
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
59-AAF-qf
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic
Pashto and Hindi 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 Hindi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Hindi language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Hindi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Hindi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Hindi Difficulty
The Pashto vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Hindi 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 Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.