Countries
Afganistan
  
Georgia
  
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
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)
  
Cabinet of Georgia
  
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.
  
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Anatolian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
  
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
  
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
Kartlian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Kartli
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Pshavian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Pshavi
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
4.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
4.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
  
ქართული ენა
  
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
French Name
pachto
  
géorgien
  
German Name
Paschtu
  
Georgisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Georgians
  
Origin
1651
  
5th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Kartvelian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Southern
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Modern Georgian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
ka
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
kat
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
geo
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
kat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
nucl1302
  
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Pashto and Georgian 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 Georgian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Georgian language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Georgian word for "Thank You" is გმადლობთ (gmadlobt). Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Georgian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Georgian Difficulty
The Pashto vs Georgian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Georgian 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 Georgian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Georgian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Georgian time required is 44 weeks.