Countries
Afganistan
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
Not Available
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
(salaam) سلام
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Not Available
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Not Available
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Not available
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
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Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
pachto
abkhaze
German Name
Paschtu
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
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Ethnicity
Pashtun
Abkhaz people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Iranian
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Abkhaz
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
abks
Glottocode
pash1269
abkh1244
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative
Pashto and Abkhaz 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 Pashto and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Abkhaz language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Abkhaz Difficulty
The Pashto vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Abkhaz 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 Pashto and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.