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
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Texas German
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Texas
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak?
229.00 million
  
8
60.00 million
  
27
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed German
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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