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German

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Countries

Countries

Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Afganistan

Total No. Of Countries

71
0 46
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National Language

Germany
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora

Second Language

North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe
Asia

Minority Language

Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Pakistan

Regulated By

Council for German Orthography
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)

Interesting Facts

  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages

Derived From

Albanian Languages
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2644
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

107
0 32
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How Many Consonants

929
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

30 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

hallo
(salaam) سلام

Thank You

Danke
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر

How Are You?

Wie geht es dir?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟

Good Night

gute Nacht
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير

Good Evening

guten Abend
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير

Good Afternoon

guten Tag
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير

Good Morning

guten Morgen
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏

Please

bitte
(lotfan) لطفا

Sorry

Verzeihung
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم

Bye

Tschüs
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان

I Love You

Ich liebe dich
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)

Excuse Me

Entschuldigung
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم

Dialects

Dialect 1

Swiss German
Central Pashto

Where They Speak

Switzerland
Afganistan, Pakistan

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.006,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Swabian German
Northern Pashto

Where They Speak

Germany
Afganistan, Pakistan

How Many People Speak

820,000.0021,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Texas German
Wanetsi

Where They Speak

Texas
Afganistan, Pakistan

How Many People Speak

6,000.0095,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2821
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

229.00 million60.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.39 %0.58 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

101.00 million60.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

128.00 million50.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Deutsch
(paṧto) پښتو

Alternative Names

Deutsch, Tedesco
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto

French Name

allemand
pachto

German Name

Deutsch
Paschtu

Pronunciation

[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]

Ethnicity

Germans
Pashtun

History

Origin

6th Century AD
1651

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Germanic
Indo-Iranian

Branch

Western
Iranian

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto

Language Position

982
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed German
Pashto Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

de
ps

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

deu
pus

ISO 639 2/B

ger
pus

ISO 639 3

deu
pus

ISO 639 6

deus
pus

Glottocode

high1287, uppe1397
pash1269

Linguasphere

52-ACB–dl & -dm
58-ABD-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional

German and Pashto Alphabets

German and Pashto Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in German and Pashto. In German Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Pashto Alphabets there are 44 letters. To learn German and Pashto languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of German and Pashto languages. The German phonology consist German vowels and German consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at German greetings vs Pashto greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether German and Pashto are Most Spoken Languages.

All German 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 German and Pashto dialects. Various dialects of German and Pashto language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Pashto Dialects are spoken in different Pashto speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Pashto Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Pashto dialects include: Central Pashto , Northern Pashto. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

German and Pashto Speaking population

German and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of German and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Pashto on German vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Pashto Language Codes

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