Countries
Fiji, 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, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi 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
Urdu
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
Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Khariboli
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 2
Marwari
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 3
Bundeli
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
Afganistan, Pakistan
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
हिन्दी
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
German Name
Hindi
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
Pashtun
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
hins
Not Available
Glottocode
hind1269
pash1269
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
Hindi 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 Hindi and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hindi and Pashto language. Hindi word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (Namastē) or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Hindi Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hindi vs Pashto Difficulty
The Hindi vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi 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 Hindi and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.
