Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Interesting Facts
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
- 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 Swedish
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hallo
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
Mange tak
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
God nat
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
God aften
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
God morgen
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
Please
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
Undskyld!
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
Farvel
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Scanian
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Sweden
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Jutlandic
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Denmark
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.50 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.50 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
20
Native Name
dansk
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
danois
  
pachto
  
German Name
Dänisch
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
c. 1100 AD
  
1651
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
da
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dan
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
dan
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
dan
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
dani1284
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional