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Finnish and Pashto


Pashto and Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland  
Afganistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora  

Second Language
Estonia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  
Pakistan  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)  

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages  
Persian and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
7  
4

How Many Consonants
13  
3
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Moi  
(salaam) سلام  

Thank You
Kiitos  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير  

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير  

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير  

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏  

Please
haluta  
(lotfan) لطفا  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم  

Bye
Heippa  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان  

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)  

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
Central Pashto  

Where They Speak
Finland  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
99+
6,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Rauma  
Northern Pashto  

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Wanetsi  

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
60,000.00  
99+
95,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.58 %  
28

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
99+
50.00 million  
18

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
(paṧto) پښتو  

Alternative Names
Suomi  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto  

French Name
finnois  
pachto  

German Name
Finnisch  
Paschtu  

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]  

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
Pashtun  

History

Origin
1543  
1651  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Finnic  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto  

Language Position
22  
20
82  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish  
Pashto Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
ps  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
pus  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
pus  

ISO 639 3
fin  
pus  

ISO 639 6
fin  
pus  

Glottocode
finn1318  
pash1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-ABD-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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All Finnish and Pashto Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Finnish and Pashto dialects. Various dialects of Finnish and Pashto language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Finnish are spoken in different Finnish Speaking Countries whereas Pashto Dialects are spoken in different Pashto speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Finnish vs Pashto Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish, Rauma. Pashto dialects include: Central Pashto , Northern Pashto. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Finnish and Pashto Speaking population

Finnish and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Finnish and Pashto on Finnish vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Finnish and Pashto Language Codes

Finnish and Pashto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Finnish and Pashto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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