Countries
Afganistan
Turkey, Uzbekistan
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Middle East
Minority Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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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.
- Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
- In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Salom
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Rakhmat
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Qalay siz?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Hayirli tun
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Hayirli kech
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Hayirli kun
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Hayirli tong
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Iltimos
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Kechiring!
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Xayr
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Sizni sevaman
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Iltimos! Menga qarang
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Tashkent
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
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How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Afghan
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
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How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Ferghana
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
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How Many People Speak
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
French Name
pachto
ouszbek
German Name
Paschtu
Usbekisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
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Origin
1651
9th–12th centuries AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Turkic
Branch
Iranian
Southestern(Chagatai)
Early Forms
No early forms
Chagatay
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Uzbek
Signed Forms
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Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
pash1269
uzbe1247
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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Pashto and Uzbek 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 Uzbek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Uzbek language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Uzbek word for "Thank You" is Rakhmat. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Uzbek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Uzbek Difficulty
The Pashto vs Uzbek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Uzbek 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 Uzbek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Uzbek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Uzbek time required is 44 weeks.