Countries
Afganistan
India
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
India
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)
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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.
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Kannada Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Namaskara
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Mast Upakara.
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Yencha Ullar?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
yedde rathre
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
yedde baiyya
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
yedde madhyana
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
yedde kaande
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Daya maltadu
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Yenna thapu aandu
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Barpe
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Kshamisi
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Brahmin tulu
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Jain
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Girijan
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Tulu
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
French Name
pachto
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German Name
Paschtu
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Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
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Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Iranian
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Tulu
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
pus
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
pus
Not Available
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
pash1269
tulu1258
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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Pashto and Tulu 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 Tulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Tulu language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Tulu word for "Thank You" is Mast Upakara.. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Tulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Tulu Difficulty
The Pashto vs Tulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Tulu 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 Tulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Tulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Tulu time required is 44 weeks.