Countries
Afganistan
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Philippines
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
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.
  
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Hiligaynon Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Island of Cebu
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
Hoy
  
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Kumusta man ka?
  
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Maayong Hapon
  
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Maayong Buntag
  
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Palihug
  
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Ikasubo ko
  
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
Babay
  
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Ekskyus mi
  
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
  
Boholano
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Bohol
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
Southern Kana
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
southern Leyte
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
North Kana
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
northern part of Leyte
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
14.50 million
  
19
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Visayan
  
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
French Name
pachto
  
cebuano
  
German Name
Paschtu
  
Cebuano
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Cebuano people
  
Origin
1651
  
16th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Standard Cebuano
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
cebu1242
  
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Pashto and Cebuano 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 Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Cebuano language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Cebuano Difficulty
The Pashto vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Cebuano 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 Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.