Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Afganistan
National Language
Nigeria
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
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Pakistan
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal 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
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
e dupe
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
ka a ale
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
e kaaro
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Jowo
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
binu
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 2
Ede
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Afganistan, Pakistan
Native Name
Yorùbá
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
yoruba
pachto
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Paschtu
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Pashtun
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
yoru1245
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional
Yoruba 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 Yoruba and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Yoruba and Pashto language. Yoruba word for "Hello" is Ẹ n lẹ or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Yoruba Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Yoruba vs Pashto Difficulty
The Yoruba vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba 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 Yoruba and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.