Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Afganistan
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
Alphabets in
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Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Afganistan, Pakistan
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
mode1257
pash1269
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
Dutch 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 Dutch and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Pashto language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dutch vs Pashto Difficulty
The Dutch vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch 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 Dutch and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.