Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Second Language
South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
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.
  
Similar To
German and English Languages
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Dutch-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
dankjewel
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
goede Nacht
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
goedenavond
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
goedemorgen
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
alsjeblieft
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
sorry
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
vaarwel
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
pardon
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Gronings
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Netherlands
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
16
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Limburgian
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00
  
18
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
22.00 million
  
35
60.00 million
  
20
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million
  
25
Not Available
  
Native Name
Nederlands
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
  
pachto
  
German Name
Niederländisch
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Dutch people
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
AD 450-500
  
1651
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Western
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
nl
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nld
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
dut
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
nld
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mode1257
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional