Countries
Afganistan
  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
France, Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Euskaltzaindia, 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.
  
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Spanish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
Kaixo
  
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
Eskerrik asko
  
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Zer moduz?
  
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Gabon
  
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Egun on
  
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Mesedez
  
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Barkatu
  
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
Agur
  
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Maite zaitut
  
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Barkatu
  
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
  
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
Souletin
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
France, Soule, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Biscayan
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
7.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
7.20 million
  
99+
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
French Name
pachto
  
basque
  
German Name
Paschtu
  
Baskisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Basque people
  
Origin
1651
  
c. 1000
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Vasconic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Basque
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
eu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
eus
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
baq
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
eus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
basq1248
  
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
  
40-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Agglutinative
  
Pashto and Basque 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 Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Basque language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Basque Difficulty
The Pashto vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Basque 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 Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.