Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Afganistan
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Habari
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Asante
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Habari gani?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Usiku mwema
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
tafadhali
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
pole
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
nakupenda
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Samahani
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
swahili
pachto
German Name
Swahili
Paschtu
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Pashtun
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
pash1269
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
Swahili 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 Swahili and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Pashto language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Pashto Difficulty
The Swahili vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili 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 Swahili and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.