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
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
- 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
Kannada Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
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Alphabets in
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Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Kannada Script
Arabic
Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Namaskara
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Mast Upakara.
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Yencha Ullar?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
yedde rathre
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
yedde baiyya
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
yedde madhyana
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
yedde kaande
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Daya maltadu
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Yenna thapu aandu
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Barpe
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Kshamisi
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Brahmin tulu
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Jain
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Girijan
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Tulu
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
Not Available
pachto
German Name
Not Available
Paschtu
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Tulu
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ps
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
pus
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
pus
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
tulu1258
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
Tulu 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 Tulu and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tulu and Pashto language. Tulu word for "Hello" is Namaskara or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Tulu Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tulu vs Pashto Difficulty
The Tulu vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tulu 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 Tulu and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tulu and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tulu is 44 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.
