Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Interesting Facts
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
- 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
Amharic and Hebrew
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
مرحبا
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
شكرا
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
تصبح على خير
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
مساء الخير
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
صباح الخير
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
من فضلك
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
آسف
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
وداعا
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
أحبك
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
اعذرني
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Sudanese
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Sudan
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00
  
6
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Levantine
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
3
How Many People Speak?
452.00 million
  
4
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
206.00 million
  
6
60.00 million
  
20
Second Language Speakers
246.00 million
  
2
Not Available
  
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
arabe
  
pachto
  
German Name
Arabisch
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Arabs
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
512 CE
  
1651
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
North Arabic
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ar
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ara
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
ara
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
ara
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arab1395
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Arabic 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 Arabic and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Pashto language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Pashto Difficulty
The Arabic vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.