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Afrikaans vs Pashto


Pashto vs 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   

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Afrikaans and Pashto Language History

Comparison of Afrikaans vs Pashto language history gives us differences between origin of Afrikaans and Pashto language. History of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Pashto language states that this language originated in 1651. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Afrikaans and Pashto Language History.

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Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and Pashto language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Afrikaans vs Pashto Difficulty

The Afrikaans vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.

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