Countries
Afganistan
  
Meghalaya
  
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not Available
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Pakistan
  
Not Available
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Khasi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Bengali, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
Kumno
  
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
Khublei
  
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Kumno phi long?
  
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
thia sukh
  
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
babha janmiet
  
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
babha noph-phai-sngi
  
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
khublei
  
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sngewbha
  
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Map
  
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
khublei
  
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
ieit ieit
  
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
map a nga
  
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
  
Bhoi
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
Nonglung
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Cherrapunji
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
0.84 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
0.84 million
  
99+
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
  
French Name
pachto
  
khasi
  
German Name
Paschtu
  
Khasi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
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Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Khasi people
  
Origin
1651
  
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Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
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Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No Early Forms
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Khasi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
kha
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
kha
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
kha
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
khas1269
  
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
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Pashto and Khasi 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 Khasi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Khasi language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Khasi word for "Thank You" is Khublei. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Khasi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Khasi Difficulty
The Pashto vs Khasi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Khasi 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 Khasi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Khasi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Khasi time required is Not Available.