Countries
Ukraine
Afganistan
National Language
Ukraine
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
Pakistan
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
- Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
- 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
Russian and Belarusian Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
Arabic
Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
будь ласк
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Podillian
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Volynian
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Not Available
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
ukrainien
pachto
German Name
Ukrainisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Ukrainians
Pashtun
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
ukra1253
pash1269
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Ukrainian and Pashto language. Ukrainian word for "Hello" is Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte) or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Ukrainian Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Ukrainian vs Pashto Difficulty
The Ukrainian vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ukrainian and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ukrainian is 44 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.
