Countries
Norway
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Norway
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Nynorsk
Pakistan
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
- 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
Swedish and Danish Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2944
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
97
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2029
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
takk
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
god natt
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
god kveld
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
god morgen
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Vær så snill
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
unnskyld
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
ha det
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
30,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sognamål
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Sogn
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
1921
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
5.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Norsk
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Norsk
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
pachto
German Name
Nynorsk
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Pashtun
Origin
c. 1300 AD
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
1882
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
no
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nor
pus
ISO 639 2/B
nor
pus
ISO 639 3
nor
pus
ISO 639 6
nor
pus
Glottocode
norw1258
pash1269
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional