Countries
Afganistan
  
Indonesia
  
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Pakistan
  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Malay language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Indonesian-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
  
Terima kasih
  
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Apa kabar?
  
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Malam yang baik
  
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Selamat Sore
  
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Selamat Pagi
  
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
  
mohon Untuk
  
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
maaf
  
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Aku cinta kamu
  
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Permisi
  
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
  
Sundanese
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
38,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
Balinese
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
3,300,000.00
  
17
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Minangkabau
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
7
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
23.00 million
  
34
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
140.00 million
  
4
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Bahasa Melayu
  
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
French Name
pachto
  
indonésien
  
German Name
Paschtu
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Indonesians
  
Origin
1651
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Malay
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Indonesian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
id
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
ind
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
ind
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
ind
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
indo1316
  
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 Indonesian 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 Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Indonesian language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Indonesian Difficulty
The Pashto vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.