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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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