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Pashto vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Pashto


Countries

Countries
Afganistan  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

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

Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
44  
24
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
29  
19
24  
14

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
(salaam) سلام  
Hai  

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Central Pashto  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00  
14
1,600,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Northern Pashto  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
4
30,000.00  
40

Dialect 3
Wanetsi  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
95,000.00  
29
3,100,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
0.58 %  
26
1.16 %  
14

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
98.00 million  
8

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  

History

Origin
1651  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Iranian  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

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  

Language Position
82  
99+
54  
39

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ps  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pus  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
pus  
may  

ISO 639 3
pus  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
pash1269  
stan1306  

Linguasphere
58-ABD-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative  

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Pashto and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Pashto vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Pashto and Malaysian language. History of Pashto language states that this language originated in 1651 whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Pashto and Malaysian Language History.

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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.

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