Countries
India
Afganistan
National Language
India
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
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Pakistan
Regulated By
NA
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
- 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
Bengali Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kharwa
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Not Available
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
goudjrati
pachto
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
Pashtun
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
guja1252
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
Gujarati 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 Gujarati and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Gujarati and Pashto language. Gujarati word for "Hello" is નમસ્તે (namaste) or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Gujarati Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Gujarati vs Pashto Difficulty
The Gujarati vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Gujarati 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 Gujarati and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Gujarati and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Gujarati is 18 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.
