Countries
Afganistan
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
India, Pakistan, Sindh
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
  
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.
  
- The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Gujarati
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sindhi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Arabic, Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
Assalam O Alaikum
  
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
Meharbani
  
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Kehra haal aahin
  
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
tava kia aayo
  
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Sham Jo Salam
  
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Assalam o Alaikum
  
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Subho Bakhair
  
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Mehrbani
  
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Moon khe afsos aahe
  
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
Allah Wahi
  
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
  
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Maaf Kajo
  
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
  
Siraiki
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Upper Sindh
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
Vicholi
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Central Sindh
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Lari
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Lower Sindh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
29.00 million
  
37
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
Not Available
  
French Name
pachto
  
sindhi
  
German Name
Paschtu
  
Sindhi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1651
  
711 A.D
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Sindhi
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
sd
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
snd
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
snd
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
snd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
sind1272
  
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Pashto and Sindhi 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 Sindhi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Sindhi language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Sindhi word for "Thank You" is Meharbani. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Sindhi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Sindhi Difficulty
The Pashto vs Sindhi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Sindhi 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 Sindhi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Sindhi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Sindhi time required is Not Available.