Countries
Madagascar
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Interesting Facts
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
  
- 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
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Salama!
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
azafady
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
60.00 million
  
20
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
malgache
  
pachto
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
1651
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1537
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Malagasy 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 Malagasy and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Pashto language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malagasy vs Pashto Difficulty
The Malagasy vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy 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 Malagasy and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.