Countries
Afganistan
India, Nepal
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Language Academy of Nepal
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.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Hindi
Derived From
-
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 (namaste)
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good afternoon
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
कृपया
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Doteli
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Nepal
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
India, Nepal
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Nepal
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
pachto
népalais
German Name
Paschtu
Nepali
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[neˈpali]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Nepali
Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
pash1269
nepa1254
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative
Pashto and Nepali 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 Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Nepali language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Nepali Difficulty
The Pashto vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Nepali 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 Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.