Countries
Zimbabwe
Afganistan
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
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Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
- 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
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Mhoro
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Waita zvako
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Manheru
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Masikati
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Mangwanani
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Ndineurombo
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Ndinokuda
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 2
Karanga
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Afganistan, Pakistan
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Afganistan, Pakistan
Native Name
chiShona
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Pashtun
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
core1255
pash1269
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
Shona 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 Shona and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Pashto language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Pashto Difficulty
The Shona vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona 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 Shona and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is 30 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.