Countries
China
Afganistan
National Language
China
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
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Pakistan
Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
- 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
Uzbek Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Gokturk Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Ässalamu läykum.
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
rakhmat
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Not Available
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
birdam
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
kachurung
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Khayr khosh
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Kachurung
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Turpan
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
China
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hotan
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
China
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Lop Nur
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
China
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
ouïgour
pachto
German Name
Uigurisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
No early forms
Standard Forms
Uyghur
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
uigh1240
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data Available
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
Uyghur 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 Uyghur and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Uyghur and Pashto language. Uyghur word for "Hello" is Ässalamu läykum. or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Uyghur Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Uyghur vs Pashto Difficulty
The Uyghur vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Uyghur 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 Uyghur and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Uyghur and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Uyghur is 44 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.