Countries
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Afganistan
National Language
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
South America
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
- Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
- 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
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Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Language Levels
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Hello
Rimaykullayki
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Solpayki
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Allillanchu
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Allin tuta
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Wuynas nuchis
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Wuynas tardis
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Wuynus diyas
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
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(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Pampachaykuway
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Kuyayki
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Pampachaway
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Ancash
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Peru
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 2
Huánuco
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Peru
Afganistan, Pakistan
Where They Speak
Peru
Afganistan, Pakistan
Native Name
Qhichwa
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
North La Paz Quechua
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
quechua
pachto
German Name
Quechua-Sprache
Paschtu
Pronunciation
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[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Quechua
Pashtun
Language Family
Quechumaran Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Andean Equatorial
Indo-Iranian
Branch
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Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Quechua
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
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Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
quec1387
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data Available
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional
Quechua 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 Quechua and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Quechua and Pashto language. Quechua word for "Hello" is Rimaykullayki or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Quechua Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Quechua vs Pashto Difficulty
The Quechua vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Quechua 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 Quechua and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Quechua and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Quechua is 44 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.