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Learn Pashto

پښتو

Step-by-step lessons, the alphabet, and recorded audio — right in your browser.

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12levels
74topics
370lessons
Audioevery word

About the course

From your first letters to everyday conversation, Bhasaly teaches Pashto one short, tap-based lesson at a time — written in the Pashto (Perso-Arabic) script. Every word carries recorded audio, and you learn on any phone or computer.

Essential Pashto words & phrases

سلامsalaamHello
مننهmananaThank you
ښهxaGood / OK
هوhoYes
نهnaNo / not
اوبهobaWater
ډوډۍddoddeyBread / food
کورkorHouse / home
زهzaI / me
تهtaYou
ننnanToday
سباsabaaTomorrow
غټghattBig
کوچنیkochnaySmall
چایchaayTea
بازارbaazaarMarket
پیسېpayseMoney
ورورwrorBrother
خورkhorSister
مېلمهmelmaGuest

Numbers in Pashto

۰0
۱1
۲2
۳3
۴4
۵5
۶6
۷7
۸8
۹9

The Pashto (Perso-Arabic) script

Taught one letter at a time, with audio.

Vowels

اaa / alif
وo / w
هa / h
یay
يee
ېe
ۍey (feminine)
ئey (verbal)

Consonants

بb
پp
تt
ټtt (retroflex)
ثs (loan)
جj
چch
حh (loan)
خkh
څts
ځdz
دd
ډdd (retroflex)
ذz (loan)
رr
ړrr (retroflex)
زz
ژzh
ږg (Pashto)
سs
شsh
ښx (Pashto)
صs (loan)
ضz (loan)
طt (loan)
ظz (loan)
ع(silent, loan)
غgh
فf
قq
کk
ګg
لl
مm
نn
ڼnn (retroflex)

Frequently asked questions

Do I need an account to learn Pashto?

No. You can start straight away in your browser. Logging in with an email is optional and simply syncs your progress across your devices.

Do I need to know the Pashto alphabet first?

No. The course starts by teaching the Pashto (Perso-Arabic) script one letter at a time, with audio, before building into words and sentences.

Is there audio for Pashto?

Yes — every word and phrase plays a clear recorded audio clip, so you pick up real Pashto pronunciation from the start.

How long does it take to learn Pashto?

You learn at your own pace. Most lessons take just a few minutes, and a daily streak plus a built-in review system help the words stick.

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