Countries
Afganistan
India, Nepal
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nepal
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
How Many Consonants
Not Available
Scripts
Arabic
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
pranam
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
dhanyabad
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Śubharātri
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Suprabhaat
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
kripaya
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
maf karai
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Alavidā
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
kripaya
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
North India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Khortha
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
pachto
maithili
German Name
Paschtu
Maithili
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
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Ethnicity
Pashtun
Maithil
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Iranian
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Standard Maithili
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
pash1269
mait1250
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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Pashto and Maithili 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 Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Maithili language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Maithili Difficulty
The Pashto vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Maithili 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 Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.
