Similarities Between Pashto and Persian

In this episode, we compare Pashto and Persian, exploring the similarities between the two languages with a list of words, phrases, and sentences. There are many similarities between the two languages, but are they similar enough to be intelligible to one another?

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Persian (Farsi) and Pashto are both Indo-European languages and are both classified as Indo-Iranian. Persian is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, as well as other parts of the Middle East, Central and South Asia. The Persian language has also led to the formation of several newer languages in West Asia, Europe, Central Asia, and South Asia. For centuries prior to the British colonization, Persian was widely used as a second language in the Indian subcontinent. Pashto is the language of the Pashtuns, an Eastern Iranian language, and one of the two official languages of Afghanistan. It is also spoken in the west and northwest parts of Pakistan.

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