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
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
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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
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
Pashto Sign Language
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
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 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 Pashto and Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Dutch language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Dutch Difficulty
The Pashto vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Dutch 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 Pashto and Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.