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
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
Halo
  
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
6,500,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
2.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
0.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.00 million
  
34
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
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1651
  
1887
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 1
ps
  
eo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
epo
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
epo
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
epo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
espe1235
  
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
  
51-AAB-da
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Constructed
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
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.