Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Malaysia
  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Second Language
Indonesia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Thailand
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
- 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
Indonesian Language
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Tamil Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hai
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
terima kasih
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
sila
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
maaf
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
25
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Pekal
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Musi
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00
  
11
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million
  
10
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
60.00 million
  
20
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million
  
8
Not Available
  
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
malais
  
pachto
  
German Name
Malaiisch
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
c. 683 AD
  
1651
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ms
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
msa
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
may
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
zsm
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1306
  
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
  
Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malaysian and Pashto language. Malaysian word for "Hello" is Hai or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Malaysian Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malaysian vs Pashto Difficulty
The Malaysian vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.