Countries
India
Afganistan
National Language
India
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
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
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
- 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
Old German Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Prakrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Not present
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Not Available
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not present
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Not Available
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not present
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Not Available
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Not Available
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
sanskrit
pachto
German Name
Sanskrit
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Pashtun
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sans1269
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Ancient
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sanskrit and Pashto language. Sanskrit word for "Hello" is नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ) or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Sanskrit Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sanskrit vs Pashto Difficulty
The Sanskrit vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sanskrit and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sanskrit is 20 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.