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
Scripts
Arabic
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
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
Not Available
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Volynian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Rivne, Volyn
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Slavic
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
pash1269
ukra1253
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
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.
