Countries
Wales
Afganistan
National Language
Wales
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
Pakistan
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
- 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
English Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
British Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
Diolch
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Nos da
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Bore da
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Hwyl
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Argentina
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Powys
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
gallois
pachto
German Name
Kymrisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Welsh people
Pashtun
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
No early forms
Standard Forms
Welsh
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
wels1247
pash1269
Linguasphere
50-ABA
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional
Welsh 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 Welsh and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Welsh and Pashto language. Welsh word for "Hello" is Helô or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Welsh Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Welsh vs Pashto Difficulty
The Welsh vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh 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 Welsh and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.