Countries
Afganistan
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Azerbaijan, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
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.
- Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
- Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Turkish
Derived From
Not Available
Osmanly language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
(salaam) سلام
Salam
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Təşəkkür edirəm
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
necəsən
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
yaxşı gecə
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Axşamınız xeyir
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Günortanız Xeyir
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Sabahınız xeyir
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
lütfən
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
üzr
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
xudafiz
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Mən səni sevirəm
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Bağışlayın
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Derbent
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Russia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Gazakh
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Azerbaijan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Azerbaijan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
German Name
Paschtu
Aserbeidschanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Azerbaijani
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Turkic
Branch
Iranian
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Azerbaijani
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
pash1269
azer1255
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
44-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative
Pashto and Azerbaijani 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 Azerbaijani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Azerbaijani language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Azerbaijani word for "Thank You" is Təşəkkür edirəm. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Azerbaijani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Azerbaijani Difficulty
The Pashto vs Azerbaijani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Azerbaijani 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 Azerbaijani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Azerbaijani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Azerbaijani time required is 44 weeks.