Countries
Afganistan
India, Pakistan
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Pakistan
India
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
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.
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Alphabets in
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Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
(salaam) سلام
خوش آمديد
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
آپ کا شکریہ
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
گڈ نائٹ
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
سلام علیکم
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
گڈ آفٹر نون
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
گڈ مارننگ
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
براہ مہربانی
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
معاف کرنا
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
الوداع
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
مجھے تم سے محبت
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
معاف کیجئے گا
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Dakhini
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
India
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Hyderabadi Urdu
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
South Asia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
اُردُو
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Bihari
French Name
pachto
ourdou
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ˈʊrd̪u]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Not Available
Origin
1651
12th Century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Modern Standard Urdu
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Urdu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
pash1269
urdu1245
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
59-AAF-q
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional
Pashto and Urdu 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 Urdu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Urdu language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Urdu word for "Thank You" is آپ کا شکریہ. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Urdu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Urdu Difficulty
The Pashto vs Urdu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Urdu 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 Urdu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Urdu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Urdu time required is 44 weeks.