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Finnish and Pashto


Pashto and Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland   
Afganistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora   

Second Language
Estonia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   
Pakistan   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland   
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)   

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages   
Persian and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
7   
4

How Many Consonants
13   
3
29   
19

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Moi   
(salaam) سلام   

Thank You
Kiitos   
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر   

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?   
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟   

Good Night
hyvää yötä   
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير   

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa   
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير   

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää   
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير   

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta   
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏   

Please
haluta   
(lotfan) لطفا   

Sorry
Anteeksi   
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم   

Bye
Heippa   
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان   

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua   
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)   

Excuse Me
Anteeksi   
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish   
Central Pashto   

Where They Speak
Finland   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,500,000.00   
14

Dialect 2
Rauma   
Northern Pashto   

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
21,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 3
Meänkieli   
Wanetsi   

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
60,000.00   
31
95,000.00   
29

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million   
99+
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.58 %   
26

Native Speakers
5.40 million   
99+
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million   
39
Not Available   

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli   
(paṧto) پښتو   

Alternative Names
Suomi   
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto   

French Name
finnois   
pachto   

German Name
Finnisch   
Paschtu   

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]   
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]   

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns   
Pashtun   

History

Origin
1543   
1651   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Finnic   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
standard Finnish   
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto   

Language Position
Not Available   
82   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fi   
ps   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin   
pus   

ISO 639 2/B
fin   
pus   

ISO 639 3
fin   
pus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
finn1318   
pash1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
58-ABD-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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All Finnish 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 Finnish and Pashto dialects. Various dialects of Finnish and Pashto language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Finnish are spoken in different Finnish Speaking Countries whereas Pashto Dialects are spoken in different Pashto speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Finnish vs Pashto Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish, Rauma. Pashto dialects include: Central Pashto , Northern Pashto. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Finnish and Pashto Speaking population

Finnish and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is Not Available 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 Finnish and Pashto on Finnish vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Finnish and Pashto Language Codes

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

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