Countries
Afganistan
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Pakistan
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
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.
  
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Me fal
  
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
Not Available
  
French Name
pachto
  
albanais
  
German Name
Paschtu
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Albanians
  
Origin
1651
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Standard Albanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic
  
Pashto and Albanian 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 Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Albanian language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Albanian Difficulty
The Pashto vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Albanian 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 Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.