Countries
Afganistan
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Malaysia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
Thailand
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Indonesian Language
Derived From
Not Available
Tamil Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
terima kasih
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Apa khabar?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Selamat pagi
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
sila
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
maaf
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Pekal
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Indonesia
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Indonesia
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Not Available
French Name
pachto
malais
German Name
Paschtu
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Iranian
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Signed Forms
Not Available
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
pash1269
stan1306
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative
Pashto and Malaysian 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 Malaysian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Malaysian language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Malaysian word for "Thank You" is terima kasih. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Malaysian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Malaysian Difficulty
The Pashto vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Malaysian 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 Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.