Countries
Indonesia
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
- 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
Malay language
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
Terima kasih
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
mohon Untuk
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
maaf
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
Permisi
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Sundanese
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00
  
8
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Balinese
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00
  
17
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
7
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
23.00 million
  
34
60.00 million
  
20
Second Language Speakers
140.00 million
  
4
Not Available
  
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
indonésien
  
pachto
  
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Indonesians
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
7th Century
  
1651
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Malay
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Indonesian
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
id
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ind
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
ind
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
ind
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
indo1316
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional
  
Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Indonesian and Pashto language. Indonesian word for "Hello" is Halo or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Indonesian Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Indonesian vs Pashto Difficulty
The Indonesian vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.