Countries
Estonia, European Union
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Estonia, Gambia
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Pakistan
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
- 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
Finnish
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2744
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
97
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1829
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Tere
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
aitäh
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Head ööd
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Palun
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Vabandust
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Head aega
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
ma armastan sind
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Vabandage
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tartu
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Idamurre
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
821
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.10 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.95 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.10 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
eesti keel
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
estonien
pachto
German Name
Estnisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Estonians
Pashtun
Origin
13th century
1651
Language Family
Uralic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Finnic
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Estonian
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
2282
1
120
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Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
et
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
est
pus
ISO 639 2/B
est
pus
ISO 639 3
est
pus
ISO 639 6
est
pus
Glottocode
esto1258
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional