Countries
Afganistan
  
Estonia, European Union
  
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Estonia, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Pakistan
  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Institute of the Estonian Language
  
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.
  
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Finnish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
Tere
  
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
aitäh
  
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
kuidas sul läheb
  
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Head ööd
  
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Tere õhtust
  
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Tere päevast
  
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Tere hommikust
  
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Palun
  
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Vabandust
  
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
Head aega
  
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
ma armastan sind
  
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Vabandage
  
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
  
Keskmurre
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
Tartu
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Georgia, South Estonia
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Idamurre
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
1.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
0.95 million
  
99+
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
  
eesti keel
  
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
Eesti keel
  
French Name
pachto
  
estonien
  
German Name
Paschtu
  
Estnisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Estonians
  
Origin
1651
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Uralic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Finno-Ugric
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Finnic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Estonian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Estonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
et
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
est
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
est
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
est
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
esto1258
  
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Agglutinative
  
Pashto and Estonian 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 Estonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Estonian language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Estonian word for "Thank You" is aitäh. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Estonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Estonian Difficulty
The Pashto vs Estonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Estonian 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 Estonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Estonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Estonian time required is 44 weeks.