Countries
Afganistan
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Sweden
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Finland
Speaking Continents
Asia
Antartica, Europe
Minority Language
Pakistan
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
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.
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Norwegian and Danish Language
Derived From
-
Old Norse Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4429
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
79
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2918
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
hej
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
tacka dig
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
hur mår du
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
godnatt
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
god kväll
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
god eftermiddag
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
god morgon
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
vänligen
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
ledsen
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
hej då
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
jag älskar dig
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
ursäkta mig
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Dialects
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Gabon
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0078,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Dialects
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Georgia
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0078,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Dialects
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
France
How Many People Speak
95,000.0096,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2179
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million15.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million8.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Svenska
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Ruotsi, Svenska
French Name
pachto
suédois
German Name
Paschtu
Schwedisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Origin
1651
13th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Branch
Iranian
Northern (Scandinavian)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Swedish
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Standard Swedish
Language Position
8289
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
sv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
swe
ISO 639 2/B
pus
swe
ISO 639 3
pus
swe
ISO 639 6
pus
swe
Glottocode
pash1269
swed1254
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
52-AAA-ck to -cw
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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