Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Afganistan
National Language
Somalia
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Yemen
Pakistan
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
- 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
Afar and Oromo Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Hello
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Habeenka Good
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Evening Good
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Fadlan
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
caraysiiyo
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
af Soomaali
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
somali
pachto
German Name
Somali
Paschtu
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Pashtun
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
soma1255
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
Somali 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 Somali and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Somali and Pashto language. Somali word for "Hello" is Hello or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Somali Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Somali vs Pashto Difficulty
The Somali vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali 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 Somali and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.