Countries
Afganistan
Norway
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Norway
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Pakistan
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Norwegian 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.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4429
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
79
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
34
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
takk
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
god natt
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
god kveld
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
god morgen
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
Vær så snill
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
unnskyld
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
ha det
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Jamtland,Harjedalen
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0030,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Sogn
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Hallingdal, Valdres
How Many People Speak
95,000.005,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2119
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million5.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million5.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Norsk
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Norsk
French Name
pachto
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Paschtu
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Norwegians
Origin
1651
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Branch
Iranian
Northern (Scandinavian)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
8218
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ps
no
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
nor
ISO 639 2/B
pus
nor
ISO 639 3
pus
nor
ISO 639 6
pus
nor
Glottocode
pash1269
norw1258
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional