Countries
Turkey, Uzbekistan
Afganistan
National Language
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Middle East
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
- Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
- In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
- 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
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Uzbek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Salom
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Rakhmat
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Qalay siz?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Hayirli tun
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Hayirli kech
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Hayirli kun
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Hayirli tong
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Iltimos
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Kechiring!
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Xayr
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Sizni sevaman
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Iltimos! Menga qarang
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Tashkent
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Not Available
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Afghan
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Not Available
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Ferghana
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Not Available
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
ouszbek
pachto
German Name
Usbekisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Origin
9th–12th centuries AD
1651
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Southestern(Chagatai)
Iranian
Early Forms
Chagatay
No early forms
Standard Forms
Uzbek
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
uzbe1247
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
Uzbek 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 Uzbek and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Uzbek and Pashto language. Uzbek word for "Hello" is Salom or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Uzbek Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Uzbek vs Pashto Difficulty
The Uzbek vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Uzbek 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 Uzbek and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Uzbek and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Uzbek is 44 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.