Countries
Philippines
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Interesting Facts
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
- 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
Hiligaynon Language
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Island of Cebu
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hoy
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
Palihug
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
Babay
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Boholano
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Bohol
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
North Kana
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
60.00 million
  
20
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million
  
19
Not Available
  
Native Name
Visayan
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
cebuano
  
pachto
  
German Name
Cebuano
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
16th century
  
1651
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
ceb
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cebu1242
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Cebuano 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 Cebuano and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cebuano and Pashto language. Cebuano word for "Hello" is Hoy or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Cebuano Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cebuano vs Pashto Difficulty
The Cebuano vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cebuano 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 Cebuano and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cebuano and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cebuano is 3 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.