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
Scripts
Arabic
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Not Available
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Not present
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Not present
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Iranian
Not Available
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
pash1269
goan1235
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data available
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.
