Countries
India, Nepal
Afganistan
National Language
Nepal
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Pakistan
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese 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
Hindi
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
कृपया
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Doteli
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Nepal
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Nepal
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
népalais
pachto
German Name
Nepali
Paschtu
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Pashtun
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
pash1269
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional
Nepali 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 Nepali and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Pashto language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Nepali vs Pashto Difficulty
The Nepali vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali 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 Nepali and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.