Countries
Afganistan
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Pakistan
  
Somalia
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Somali Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
akkam
  
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
Galatoomi
  
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Nagayattii buli
  
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Akkam waarite
  
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Maaloo
  
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
naa dhiisi
  
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
Nagayattii!
  
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Sin jaaladha
  
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
  
Borana
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
4,000,000.00
  
19
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
Orma
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Wata
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
24.00 million
  
33
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
Afaan Oromoo
  
French Name
pachto
  
galla
  
German Name
Paschtu
  
Galla-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Oromos
  
Origin
1651
  
16
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
om
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
orm
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
orm
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
orm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
nucl1736
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Pashto and Oromo 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 Oromo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Oromo language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Oromo word for "Thank You" is Galatoomi. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Oromo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Oromo Difficulty
The Pashto vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Oromo 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 Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is Not Available.