Countries
European Union, Poland
Afganistan
National Language
Poland
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine
Pakistan
Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
- The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
cześć
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
dziękuję
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Jak się masz?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
dobranoc
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
dobry wieczór
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
dzień dobry
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Dzień dobry
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
proszę
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Przepraszam
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
do widzenia
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
kocham Cię
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
przepraszam
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Kashubian
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Poland
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 2
Masovian
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Poland
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Silesian
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland
Afganistan, Pakistan
Native Name
Polski
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
polonais
pachto
German Name
Polnisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Polish
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
pols
Not Available
Glottocode
poli1260
pash1269
Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
Polish and Pashto 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 Polish and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Polish and Pashto language. Polish word for "Hello" is cześć or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Polish Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Polish vs Pashto Difficulty
The Polish vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Polish Alphabets and Pashto 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 Polish and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Polish and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Polish is 44 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.