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
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
6,500,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Georgia, South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Ndebele
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
12.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
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]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Zulu people
  
Origin
1651
  
19
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Beatu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
urban Zulu
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Deep Zulu
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
zu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
zul
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
zul
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
zul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
zulu1248
  
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
  
99-AUT-fg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
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.