Countries
European Union, Lithuania
Afganistan
National Language
Lithuania
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Poland
Pakistan
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
- 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
Latvian
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Sveiki
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Ačiū
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Labanakt
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Labas rytas
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Prašom
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
atsiprašau
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Ate
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Samogitian
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Curonian
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
lietuvių kalba
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
lituanien
pachto
German Name
Litauisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
Pashtun
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
lith1251
pash1269
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
Lithuanian 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 Lithuanian and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lithuanian and Pashto language. Lithuanian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Lithuanian Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lithuanian vs Pashto Difficulty
The Lithuanian vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian 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 Lithuanian and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.