Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Moldova, Romania
  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Interesting Facts
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
- 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Romanian.jpg#200
  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
alo
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
multumesc
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
noapte Buna
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
buna Seara
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
Vă Rog
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
scuze
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
La revedere
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
Te iubesc
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Aromanian
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
60.00 million
  
20
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million
  
30
Not Available
  
Native Name
Română
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
roumain; moldave
  
pachto
  
German Name
Rumänisch
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Romanians
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
1521
  
1651
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Romanian
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ro
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ron
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
rum
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
ron
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
roma1327
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Romanian 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 Romanian and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Romanian and Pashto language. Romanian word for "Hello" is alo or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Romanian Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Romanian vs Pashto Difficulty
The Romanian vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian 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 Romanian and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.