Countries
Afganistan
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
South America
Minority Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
- Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Language Levels
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Rimaykullayki
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Solpayki
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Allillanchu
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Allin tuta
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Wuynas nuchis
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Wuynas tardis
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Wuynus diyas
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
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Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Pampachaykuway
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
bye
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Kuyayki
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Pampachaway
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Ancash
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Peru
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Huánuco
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Peru
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Peru
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Qhichwa
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
North La Paz Quechua
French Name
pachto
quechua
German Name
Paschtu
Quechua-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
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Ethnicity
Pashtun
Quechua
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Quechumaran Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Andean Equatorial
Branch
Iranian
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Quechua
Language Position
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Signed Forms
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Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
pash1269
quec1387
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
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Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Pashto and Quechua 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 Quechua greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Quechua language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Quechua word for "Thank You" is Solpayki. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Quechua Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Quechua Difficulty
The Pashto vs Quechua difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Quechua 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 Quechua are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Quechua, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Quechua time required is 44 weeks.