Countries
Norway
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Norway
  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Nynorsk
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Interesting Facts
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
- 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
Swedish and Danish Languages
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Norwegian-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
takk
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
god natt
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
god kveld
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
god morgen
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
Vær så snill
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
unnskyld
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
ha det
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Sognamål
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Sogn
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.00 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.00 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
20
Native Name
Norsk
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Norsk
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
  
pachto
  
German Name
Nynorsk
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Norwegians
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
c. 1300 AD
  
1651
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
no
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nor
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
nor
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
nor
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
norw1258
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional