1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Afganistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
1.4 Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Pakistan
1.7 Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
1.8 Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
1.9 Similar To
German and English Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
dankjewel
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
goede Nacht
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
goedenavond
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
goedemorgen
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
alsjeblieft
(lotfan) لطفا
3.9 Sorry
sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
vaarwel
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
Ik hou van jou
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
pardon
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Netherlands
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
590,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Northern Pashto
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
1,300,000.0095,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
28.00 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
22.00 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
5.3.4 French Name
néerlandais; flamand
pachto
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology