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Kazakh vs Pashto


Pashto vs Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  
Afganistan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Pakistan  

Regulated By
Kazakh language agency  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)  

Interesting Facts
  • The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
  • 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
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  
Persian and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
24  
6
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
17  
7
29  
19

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  
(salaam) سلام  

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر  

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟  

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير  

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير  

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير  

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏  

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)  
(lotfan) لطفا  

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم  

Bye
bye  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان  

I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)  

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh  
Central Pashto  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,500,000.00  
14

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh  
Northern Pashto  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
21,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh  
Wanetsi  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
95,000.00  
29

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.58 %  
26

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
60.00 million  
20

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  
(paṧto) پښتو  

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto  

French Name
kazakh  
pachto  

German Name
Kasachisch  
Paschtu  

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]  

Ethnicity
Kazahks  
Pashtun  

History

Origin
17th Century  
1651  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kazakh  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto  

Language Position
93  
99+
82  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
kk  
ps  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz  
pus  

ISO 639 2/B
kaz  
pus  

ISO 639 3
kaz  
pus  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kaza1248  
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  

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Kazakh and Pashto Language History

Comparison of Kazakh vs Pashto language history gives us differences between origin of Kazakh and Pashto language. History of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Pashto language states that this language originated in 1651. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Kazakh and Pashto Language History.

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Kazakh 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 Kazakh and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kazakh and Pashto language. Kazakh word for "Hello" is Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be) or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Kazakh Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Kazakh vs Pashto Difficulty

The Kazakh vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kazakh 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 Kazakh and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kazakh and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kazakh is 44 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.

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