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Amharic vs Pashto


Pashto vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
Afganistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
7  
4

How Many Consonants
31  
21
29  
19

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Central Pashto  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,500,000.00  
14

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Northern Pashto  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
21,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 3
Showa  
Wanetsi  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
95,000.00  
29

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
0.58 %  
26

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
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  

History

Origin
13th century  
1651  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto  

Language Position
55  
40
82  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
ps  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
pus  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
pus  

ISO 639 3
amh  
pus  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
amha1245  
pash1269  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
58-ABD-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional  

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Amharic and Pashto Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Pashto language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Pashto language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Amharic and Pashto Language History.

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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.

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