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Norwegian and Pashto


Pashto and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
Afganistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
7   
4

How Many Consonants
20   
10
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
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Central Pashto   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
6,500,000.00   
14

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Northern Pashto   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
21,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Wanetsi   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
95,000.00   
29

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
21   
19

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.58 %   
26

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
60.00 million   
20

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   

History

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
Not Available   
82   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   

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

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Norwegian and Pashto Speaking population

Norwegian and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available 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 Norwegian and Pashto on Norwegian vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Pashto Language Codes

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

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