Countries
Afganistan
China
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
China
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
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.
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Uzbek Language
Derived From
Not Available
Gokturk Language
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
(salaam) سلام
Ässalamu läykum.
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
rakhmat
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Not Available
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
birdam
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
kachurung
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Khayr khosh
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
sizni yahshi kOrman
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Kachurung
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Turpan
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Hotan
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Lop Nur
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
French Name
pachto
ouïgour
German Name
Paschtu
Uigurisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Iranian
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Uyghur
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
pash1269
uigh1240
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
Pashto and Uyghur 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 Uyghur greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Uyghur language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Uyghur word for "Thank You" is rakhmat. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Uyghur Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Uyghur Difficulty
The Pashto vs Uyghur difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Uyghur 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 Uyghur are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Uyghur, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Uyghur time required is 44 weeks.