Countries
Norway
Afganistan
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
Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Sognamål
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Sogn
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Afganistan, Pakistan
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Iranian
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
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
norw1258
pash1269
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional
Norwegian and Pashto Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Norwegian and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Norwegian and Pashto language. Norwegian word for "Hello" is hallo or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Norwegian Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Norwegian vs Pashto Difficulty
The Norwegian vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Norwegian Alphabets and Pashto Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Norwegian and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Norwegian and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Norwegian is 24 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.