Countries
Afganistan
  
European Union, Poland
  
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Poland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Pakistan
  
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
  
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.
  
- Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
- The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
cześć
  
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
dziękuję
  
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Jak się masz?
  
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
dobranoc
  
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
dobry wieczór
  
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
dzień dobry
  
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Dzień dobry
  
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
  
proszę
  
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Przepraszam
  
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
do widzenia
  
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
kocham Cię
  
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
przepraszam
  
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
  
Kashubian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Poland
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
108,000.00
  
99+
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
Masovian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Poland
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Silesian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Czech Republic, Poland
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
40.00 million
  
31
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
40.00 million
  
24
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Polski
  
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
Polnisch, Polski
  
French Name
pachto
  
polonais
  
German Name
Paschtu
  
Polnisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
[ˈpɔlski]
  
Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Poles
  
Origin
1651
  
1270
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Polish and Middle Polish
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Polish
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
pl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
pol
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
pol
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
pol
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
pols
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
poli1260
  
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
  
53-AAA-cc
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Pashto and Polish 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 Polish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Polish language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Polish word for "Thank You" is dziękuję. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Polish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Polish Difficulty
The Pashto vs Polish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Polish 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 Polish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Polish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Polish time required is 44 weeks.