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
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Not Available
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Namibia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
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 6
afrs
Not Available
Glottocode
afri1274
pash1269
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
58-ABD-a
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.