Countries
Sri Lanka
Afganistan
National Language
Sri Lanka
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
- 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
Maldivian Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Sinhala alphabet
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
හලෝ (halō)
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
බායි (bāyi)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Vedda
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Sri Lanka
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not Available
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Not Available
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Not Available
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
singhalais
pachto
German Name
Singhalesisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Sinhalese people
Pashtun
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sinh1246
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional
Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sinhalese and Pashto language. Sinhalese word for "Hello" is හලෝ (halō) or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Sinhalese Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sinhalese vs Pashto Difficulty
The Sinhalese vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sinhalese and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sinhalese is 44 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.