Countries
Afganistan
India
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Not Available
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Munda Language
Derived From
Not Available
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Alphabets in
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Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
(salaam) سلام
Henda ho
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Adi Johar
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
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Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Boge Setak’
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Not Available
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Not Available
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Not Available
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Not Available
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
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Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Mahali
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Not present
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Not present
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
pachto
santal
German Name
Paschtu
Santali
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
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Ethnicity
Pashtun
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Iranian
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Santali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
pash1269
sant1410
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 Santali 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 Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Santali language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Santali Difficulty
The Pashto vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Santali 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 Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.