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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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