Countries
India
Afganistan
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
Similar To
Munda Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
Henda ho
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Adi Johar
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Boge Ninda
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Not Available
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Not Available
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Not Available
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Not Available
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Not Available
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Not Available
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Mahali
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
India
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not present
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Not Available
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not present
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Not Available
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
santal
pachto
German Name
Santali
Paschtu
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Pashtun
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Santali
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ps
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sant1410
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
Santali and Pashto 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 Santali and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Pashto language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Santali vs Pashto Difficulty
The Santali vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Pashto 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 Santali and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.