Countries
Afganistan
Benin, Nigeria
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Pakistan
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Yoruba Academy
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 largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
Not Available
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Ẹ n lẹ
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
e dupe
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
e kaasan
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
e kaaro
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Jowo
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
binu
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
bye
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Nigeria
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Ede
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Benin, Togo
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Nigeria
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Yariba, Yooba
French Name
pachto
yoruba
German Name
Paschtu
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
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Ethnicity
Pashtun
Yoruba people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Western Sudanic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Yorùbá
Signed Forms
Not Available
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
pash1269
yoru1245
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating
Pashto and Yoruba 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 Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Yoruba language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Yoruba Difficulty
The Pashto vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Yoruba 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 Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.