Countries
Afganistan
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Pakistan
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Interesting Facts
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
German and English Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
(salaam) سلام
Hallo
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
dankjewel
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
goede Nacht
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
goedemiddag
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
goedemorgen
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
alsjeblieft
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
sorry
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
vaarwel
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
pardon
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Gronings
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Netherlands
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Belgium, Netherlands
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
pachto
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Paschtu
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Dutch people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
pash1269
mode1257
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic
Pashto and Dutch Speaking population
Pashto and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Pashto and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Pashto and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Pashto and Dutch on Pashto vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Pashto and Dutch Language Codes
Pashto and Dutch language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Pashto and Dutch Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.