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
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Balinese
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
Afganistan, Pakistan
Second Language Speakers
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
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
indo1316
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
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.