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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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Sudan
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 3
Levantine
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Afganistan, Pakistan
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
German Name
Arabisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
North Arabic
Iranian
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arab1395
pash1269
Linguasphere
12-AAC
58-ABD-a
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.
