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German and Pashto


Pashto and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
Afganistan   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

National Language
Germany   
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Pakistan   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)   

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.
  

Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Persian and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
7   
4

How Many Consonants
9   
1
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
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
(salaam) سلام   

Thank You
Danke   
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏   

Please
bitte   
(lotfan) لطفا   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم   

Bye
Tschüs   
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Central Pashto   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
6,500,000.00   
14

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Northern Pashto   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
21,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Wanetsi   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
95,000.00   
29

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
0.58 %   
26

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
Not Available   

Native Name
Deutsch   
(paṧto) پښتو   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto   

French Name
allemand   
pachto   

German Name
Deutsch   
Paschtu   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Pashtun   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
1651   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Western   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto   

Language Position
9   
9
82   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
ps   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
pus   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
pus   

ISO 639 3
deu   
pus   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
pash1269   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
58-ABD-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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

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German and Pashto Speaking population

German and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of German and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Pashto on German vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Pashto Language Codes

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

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