Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
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National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Pakistan
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
- 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
German and English Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2644
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2129
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
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
dankjewel
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
goede Nacht
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
goedenavond
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
goedemorgen
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
alsjeblieft
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
vaarwel
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
pardon
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Gronings
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
590,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Limburgian
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
721
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
28.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.32 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
22.00 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
Nederlands
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
pachto
German Name
Niederländisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Pashtun
Origin
AD 450-500
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Western
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
4882
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
nl
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nld
pus
ISO 639 2/B
dut
pus
ISO 639 3
nld
pus
ISO 639 6
nld
pus
Glottocode
mode1257
pash1269
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional