Countries
Afganistan
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
(salaam) سلام
Habari
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Asante
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Habari gani?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Habari za asubuhi
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
tafadhali
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
pole
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
bye
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Samahani
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Not Available
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
pachto
swahili
German Name
Paschtu
Swahili
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Swahili people or Waswahili
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Swahili
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
pash1269
swah1254
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
Pashto and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Swahili language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Swahili Difficulty
The Pashto vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.