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
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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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
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Souletin
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
France, Soule, Spain
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Biscayan
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Spain
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
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Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
French Name
pachto
basque
German Name
Paschtu
Baskisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
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Ethnicity
Pashtun
Basque people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Vasconic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Iranian
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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
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Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
pash1269
basq1248
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
40-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
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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.