Countries
Afganistan
South Africa
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Pakistan
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Dutch Language
Derived From
Not Available
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
(salaam) سلام
hallo
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Dankie
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
goeie nag
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Goeie middag
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
goeie more
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
asseblief
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
jammer
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Not Available
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Namibia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Cape Dutch
French Name
pachto
afrikaans
German Name
Paschtu
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Afrikaners
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
pash1269
afri1274
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic
Pashto and Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Afrikaans language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Afrikaans Difficulty
The Pashto vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.