Countries
Nigeria
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Interesting Facts
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
kedụ
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
dalụ
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
ka chi fo
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
Biko
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
Ndo
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
Not Available
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Enuani
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Ngwa
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
22
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
60.00 million
  
27
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
60.00 million
  
20
Native Name
igbo
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Ibo
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
igbo
  
pachto
  
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Igbo people
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
30th Century BC
  
1651
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Kwa
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ig
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
ibo
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1417
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional
  
Igbo 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 Igbo and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Igbo and Pashto language. Igbo word for "Hello" is kedụ or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Igbo Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Igbo vs Pashto Difficulty
The Igbo vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo 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 Igbo and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.