Countries
Afganistan
East Asia, European Union, South America
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
East Asia, European Union
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Akademio de Esperanto
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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Dankon
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Kiel vi sanas?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Bonan nokton
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Bonan vesperon
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Bonan posttagmezon
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Bonan matenon
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Mi petas
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Mi bedaŭras!
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Ĝis poste
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Mi amas vin
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Pardonu!
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Not present
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Not present
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Not present
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Not present
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Not present
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Not present
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
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Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Esperanto
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
French Name
pachto
espéranto
German Name
Paschtu
Esperanto
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[espeˈranto]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
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Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Iranian
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Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Esperanto
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Esperanto
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signuno
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
pash1269
espe1235
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
51-AAB-da
Language Type
Living
Constructed
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative
Pashto and Esperanto 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 Esperanto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Esperanto language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Esperanto word for "Thank You" is Dankon. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Esperanto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Esperanto Difficulty
The Pashto vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.
