Countries
Philippines
Afganistan
National Language
Philippines
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Filipinos
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Pakistan
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
- 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
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Kamusta
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Salamat po
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Magandang gabi
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
pakiusap
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Paálam
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Iniibig kita
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Bisalog
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Philippines
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Filipino
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Philippines
Afganistan, Pakistan
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Tagalog
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
tagalog
pachto
German Name
Tagalog
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Pashtun
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
No early forms
Standard Forms
Filipino
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
taga1269
pash1269
Linguasphere
31-CKA
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
Tagalog 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 Tagalog and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Pashto language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tagalog vs Pashto Difficulty
The Tagalog vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog 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 Tagalog and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.