Home
Languagevs


Afrikaans and Pashto


Pashto and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Afganistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
South Africa  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora  

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Pakistan  

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)  

Interesting Facts
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
  • 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
Dutch Language  
Persian and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Dutch Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
7  
4

How Many Consonants
17  
7
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
(salaam) سلام  

Thank You
Dankie  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر  

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟  

Good Night
goeie nag  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير  

Good Evening
Goeienaand  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير  

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير  

Good Morning
goeie more  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏  

Please
asseblief  
(lotfan) لطفا  

Sorry
jammer  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم  

Bye
Not Available  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان  

I Love You
Ek het jou lief  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)  

Excuse Me
Verskoon my  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans  
Central Pashto  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,500,000.00  
14

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans  
Northern Pashto  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
21,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans  
Wanetsi  

Where They Speak
Namibia  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
95,000.00  
29

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.58 %  
26

Native Speakers
7.10 million  
99+
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million  
22
Not Available  

Native Name
Afrikaans  
(paṧto) پښتو  

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto  

French Name
afrikaans  
pachto  

German Name
Afrikaans  
Paschtu  

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]  

Ethnicity
Afrikaners  
Pashtun  

History

Origin
17th Century  
1651  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Western  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto  

Language Position
Not Available  
82  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
af  
ps  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr  
pus  

ISO 639 2/B
afr  
pus  

ISO 639 3
afr  
pus  

ISO 639 6
afrs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
afri1274  
pash1269  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba  
58-ABD-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Fusional  

Summary >>
<< Code

All Afrikaans and Pashto Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Afrikaans and Pashto dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Pashto language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Pashto Dialects are spoken in different Pashto speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Pashto Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Pashto dialects include: Central Pashto , Northern Pashto. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Compare Most Difficult Languages

Afrikaans and Pashto Speaking population

Afrikaans and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Afrikaans and Pashto on Afrikaans vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Pashto Language Codes

Afrikaans and Pashto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Pashto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages