Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Afganistan
National Language
Turkey
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Pakistan
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
- 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
Azerbaijani Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Merhaba
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
İyi Geceler
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
günaydın
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
lütfen
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
üzgünüm
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Hoşçakal
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Afganistan, Pakistan
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Afganistan, Pakistan
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Türkçe
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
German Name
Türkisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Turkish
Pashtun
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Iranian
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1301
pash1269
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
Turkish 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 Turkish and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Pashto language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Turkish vs Pashto Difficulty
The Turkish vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish 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 Turkish and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.