Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Sweden
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Finland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Pakistan
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Old Norse Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2944
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
97
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1829
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hej
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
tacka dig
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
hur mår du
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
godnatt
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
god kväll
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
god morgon
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
vänligen
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
ledsen
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
hej då
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
jag älskar dig
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Dialects
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Gabon
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Dialects
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Georgia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Dialects
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
France
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
7921
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
15.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.70 million60.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Svenska
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
suédois
pachto
German Name
Schwedisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Pashtun
Origin
13th Century
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Swedish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
8982
1
120
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Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sv
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
swe
pus
ISO 639 2/B
swe
pus
ISO 639 3
swe
pus
ISO 639 6
swe
pus
Glottocode
swed1254
pash1269
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional