1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Afganistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Germany
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
1.4 Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Pakistan
1.7 Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
1.8 Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
1.9 Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Albanian Languages
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
Danke
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
gute Nacht
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
guten Abend
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
guten Tag
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
guten Morgen
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Verzeihung
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
Tschüs
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
Ich liebe dich
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Swiss German
Central Pashto
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Switzerland
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4,500,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Swabian German
Northern Pashto
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Germany
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
820,000.0021,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Texas
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
6,000.0095,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
229.00 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
101.00 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
128.00 millionNA
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed German
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
7.5 Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
pash1269
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional