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Finnish vs Pashto


Pashto vs 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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Finnish and Pashto Language History

Comparison of Finnish vs Pashto language history gives us differences between origin of Finnish and Pashto language. History of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543 whereas history of Pashto language states that this language originated in 1651. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Finnish and Pashto Language History.

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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.

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