Countries
Zimbabwe
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
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
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  
- 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
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Mhoro
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
Waita zvako
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
Manheru
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
Masikati
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
Mangwanani
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
Ndineurombo
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
bye
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
Ndinokuda
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Hwesa
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Karanga
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Zezuru
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
8.30 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
20
Native Name
Not Available
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
shona
  
pachto
  
German Name
Schona-Sprache
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
20th century
  
1651
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Not Available
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sn
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sna
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
sna
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
sna
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
core1255
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Shona 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 Shona and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Pashto language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Pashto Difficulty
The Shona vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona 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 Shona and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.