Countries
Afganistan
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Total No. Of Countries
16
0
46
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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
-
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4426
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2921
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
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
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00590,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.004,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Belgium, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
95,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
217
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.58 %0.32 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
60.00 million22.00 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
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
Origin
1651
AD 450-500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Branch
Iranian
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Standard Dutch
Language Position
8248
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
nl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
nld
ISO 639 2/B
pus
dut
ISO 639 3
pus
nld
ISO 639 6
pus
nld
Glottocode
pash1269
mode1257
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
52-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic