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
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2644
18
247
👆🏻
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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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
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
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2821
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
229.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.39 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
101.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
128.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
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
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