Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Afganistan
National Language
Ethiopia
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
- 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
Not Available
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Selam
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Dehna dur
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
i'bakwon
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
aznallehu
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
tschao
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
afekirishalehu
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
yiqirta
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Gondar
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Gondar
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Gojjami
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
amharique
pachto
German Name
Amharisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Pashtun
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Ge'ez
No early forms
Standard Forms
Amharic
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
amha1245
pash1269
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional
Amharic 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 Amharic and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Pashto language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Pashto Difficulty
The Amharic vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic 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 Amharic and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.