Countries
European Union, Finland
Afganistan
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Finland
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Rauma
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Meänkieli
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden
Afganistan, Pakistan
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
Language Family
Uralic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language
No early forms
Standard Forms
standard Finnish
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Finnish
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
finn1318
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional
Finnish and Pashto Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Finnish and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Finnish and Pashto language. Finnish word for "Hello" is Moi or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Finnish Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Finnish vs Pashto Difficulty
The Finnish vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Finnish Alphabets and Pashto Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Finnish and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Finnish and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Finnish is 44 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.