Countries
Afganistan
  
Ukraine
  
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Ukraine
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Pakistan
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
  
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.
  
- Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
- Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Russian and Belarusian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
  
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
  
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
  
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
  
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
  
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
  
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
  
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
  
будь ласк
  
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
вибачте (vybachte)
  
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
до побачення (do pobachennya)
  
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
  
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
  
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
  
Podillian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
Volynian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Rivne, Volyn
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Steppe
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
39.00 million
  
32
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
39.00 million
  
25
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
  
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
Not Available
  
French Name
pachto
  
ukrainien
  
German Name
Paschtu
  
Ukrainisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
  
Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Ukrainians
  
Origin
1651
  
1561
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Eastern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Modern Ukrainian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Ukrainian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
uk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
ukra1253
  
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Pashto and Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Ukrainian language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Ukrainian word for "Thank You" is Дякую (Dyakuyu). Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Ukrainian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Ukrainian Difficulty
The Pashto vs Ukrainian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Ukrainian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Ukrainian time required is 44 weeks.