Countries
Afganistan
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Pakistan
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Turkish Language Association
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.
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Azerbaijani Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
(salaam) سلام
Merhaba
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
teşekkür ederim
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Nasılsın?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
İyi Geceler
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
İyi Akşamlar
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Tünaydın
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
günaydın
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
lütfen
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
üzgünüm
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Hoşçakal
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Seni seviyorum
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Afedersiniz
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Azerbaijani Turkish
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Crimean Turkish
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Türkçe
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Anatolian, Türkisch
German Name
Paschtu
Türkisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Turkish
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Turkic
Branch
Iranian
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Signed Forms
Not Available
Turkish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
pash1269
nucl1301
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
44-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic
Pashto and Turkish 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 Turkish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Turkish language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Turkish word for "Thank You" is teşekkür ederim. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Turkish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Turkish Difficulty
The Pashto vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Turkish 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 Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.