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Dutch and Pashto


Pashto and Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Afganistan   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

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

Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
7   
4

How Many Consonants
21   
11
29   
19

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Central Pashto   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
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
95,000.00   
29

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
0.58 %   
26

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   

History

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   

Language Position
48   
35
82   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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All Dutch and Pashto Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Dutch and Pashto dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Pashto language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Pashto Dialects are spoken in different Pashto speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Pashto Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Pashto dialects include: Central Pashto , Northern Pashto. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Dutch and Pashto Speaking population

Dutch and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Dutch and Pashto on Dutch vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Pashto Language Codes

Dutch and Pashto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Pashto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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