Countries
Afganistan
European Union, Lithuania
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Lithuania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Pakistan
Poland
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
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.
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Latvian
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
(salaam) سلام
Sveiki
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Ačiū
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Kaip sekasi?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Labanakt
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Labas vakaras
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Laba diena
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Labas rytas
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Prašom
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
atsiprašau
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Ate
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Aš myliu tave
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Atsiprašau
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Samogitian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Lithuania
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Aukštaitian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Curonian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
lietuvių kalba
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
French Name
pachto
lituanien
German Name
Paschtu
Litauisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Lithuanians
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Lithuanian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Lithuanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
pash1269
lith1251
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
54-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic
Pashto and Lithuanian 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 Lithuanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Lithuanian language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Lithuanian word for "Thank You" is Ačiū. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Lithuanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Lithuanian Difficulty
The Pashto vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Lithuanian 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 Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.