Countries
Afganistan
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Pakistan
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
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.
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Norwegian and Swedish
Derived From
-
Old Norse Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4429
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
720
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2920
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
(salaam) سلام
Hallo
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Mange tak
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Hvordan har du det?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
God nat
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
God aften
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
God eftermiddag
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
God morgen
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Please
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Undskyld!
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Farvel
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Jeg elsker dig
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Undskyld mig
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Scanian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Sweden
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0080,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Jutlandic
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Denmark
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Bornholmsk
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Island of Bornholm
How Many People Speak
95,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
214
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million5.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.07 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million5.50 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
50.00 million6.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
dansk
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Dansk, Rigsdansk
French Name
pachto
danois
German Name
Paschtu
Dänisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Danish people or Danes
Origin
1651
c. 1100 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Iranian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Rigsdansk
Language Position
8218
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Signed Danish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
da
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
dan
ISO 639 2/B
pus
dan
ISO 639 3
pus
dan
ISO 639 6
pus
dan
Glottocode
pash1269
dani1284
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional