Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Afganistan
National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
- Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
- 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
Turkish
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Osmanly language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
Salam
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
necəsən
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
yaxşı gecə
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
lütfən
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
üzr
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
xudafiz
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Bağışlayın
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Derbent
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Russia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Gazakh
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
German Name
Aserbeidschanisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Azerbaijani
Pashtun
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Azerbaijani
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
azer1255
pash1269
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional
Azerbaijani 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 Azerbaijani and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Azerbaijani and Pashto language. Azerbaijani word for "Hello" is Salam or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Azerbaijani Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Azerbaijani vs Pashto Difficulty
The Azerbaijani vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Azerbaijani 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 Azerbaijani and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Azerbaijani and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Azerbaijani is 44 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.