Countries
Afganistan
European Union, Finland
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Estonia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Pakistan
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Institute for the Languages of Finland
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.
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Kiitos
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Mitä kuuluu?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
hyvää yötä
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Hyvää iltaa
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Hyvää iltapäivää
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Hyvää huomenta
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
haluta
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Anteeksi
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Heippa
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Minä rakastan sinua
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Anteeksi
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Colloquial Finnish
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Finland
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Rauma
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Finland, Rauma
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Meänkieli
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Finland, Sweden
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
suomi / suomen kieli
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Suomi
French Name
pachto
finnois
German Name
Paschtu
Finnisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ˈsuomi]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
ethnic Finns
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Finno-Ugric
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Finnic language
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
standard Finnish
Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Signed Finnish
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
pash1269
finn1318
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Pashto and Finnish 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 Finnish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Finnish language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Finnish word for "Thank You" is Kiitos. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Finnish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Finnish Difficulty
The Pashto vs Finnish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Finnish 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 Finnish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Finnish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Finnish time required is 44 weeks.