Countries
Afganistan
Rajastan, India
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Rajastan, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
Nepal, Pakistan
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.
- Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
- Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Gujarati Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
khammaghani
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
dhanyavaad
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Kikan ho sa?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
shubh raatri
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Shubh Honjh
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Shubh Befar
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Shubh Havar
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
kirpa
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Maaf Karo
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
bye
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
main tanne pyaar karoon
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
maaf karo
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Jogi
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Bagri
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Dhundhari
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Marwari
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani
French Name
pachto
marvari
German Name
Paschtu
Marwari
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
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Ethnicity
Pashtun
Marwari or Marwadi
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Iranian
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Marwari
Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ps
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
pash1269
raja1256
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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Pashto and Marwari 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 Marwari greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Marwari language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Marwari word for "Thank You" is dhanyavaad. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Marwari Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Marwari Difficulty
The Pashto vs Marwari difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Marwari 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 Marwari are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Marwari, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Marwari time required is 44 weeks.