Countries
Afganistan
South Africa
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Pan South African Language Board
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.
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Xhosa Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Sawubona
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
unjani
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
okuhle ekuseni
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Ngiyacela
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Ngiyaxolisa
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
bye
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
pachto
zoulou
German Name
Paschtu
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
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Ethnicity
Pashtun
Zulu people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
No early forms
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Deep Zulu
Signed Forms
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
pash1269
zulu1248
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
99-AUT-fg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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Pashto and Zulu 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 Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Zulu language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Zulu Difficulty
The Pashto vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Zulu 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 Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.