Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Pakistan
Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
- 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
Norwegian and Swedish
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Old Norse Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2944
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
207
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2029
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hallo
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Mange tak
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
God nat
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
God aften
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
God morgen
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Undskyld!
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Farvel
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Scanian
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Sweden
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
80,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Jutlandic
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Denmark
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
421
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
5.50 million60.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.50 million60.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
6.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
dansk
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
danois
pachto
German Name
Dänisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
Pashtun
Origin
c. 1100 AD
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
1882
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Danish
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
da
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
dan
pus
ISO 639 2/B
dan
pus
ISO 639 3
dan
pus
ISO 639 6
dan
pus
Glottocode
dani1284
pash1269
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional