Countries
South Africa
  
Afganistan
  
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 in
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Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.