Countries
Afganistan
Sri Lanka
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
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 Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Maldivian Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
(salaam) سلام
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Vedda
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
-
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
-
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
pachto
singhalais
German Name
Paschtu
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
pash1269
sinh1246
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional
Pashto and Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Sinhalese language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Sinhalese word for "Thank You" is ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi). Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Sinhalese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Sinhalese Difficulty
The Pashto vs Sinhalese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Sinhalese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Sinhalese time required is 44 weeks.