Countries
Afganistan
  
India
  
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Govenment of Goa
  
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.
  
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Marathi
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
Namaskar
  
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
Dev Borem Korum
  
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
kaso assa?
  
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Chike
  
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Maf kor
  
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
hav tujo mog korta.
  
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
upkar korxi
  
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
  
Antruz
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Goa
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Kōṅkaṇī
  
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
French Name
pachto
  
konkani
  
German Name
Paschtu
  
Konkani
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
kõkɳi
  
Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Konkanis
  
Origin
1651
  
1209 A.D.
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Kokani
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
kok
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
kok
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
kok
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
goan1235
  
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Pashto and Konkani 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 Konkani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Konkani language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Konkani word for "Thank You" is Dev Borem Korum. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Konkani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Konkani Difficulty
The Pashto vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Konkani 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 Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.