Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Afganistan
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 in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Germany
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 3
Texas German
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Texas
Afganistan, Pakistan
Second Language Speakers
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
Origin
6th Century AD
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
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
Signed Forms
Signed German
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
deus
Not Available
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
pash1269
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
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.