Countries
Afganistan
  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Pakistan
  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
  
Interesting Facts
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
  
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
Mange tak
  
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
God nat
  
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
God aften
  
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
God eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
God morgen
  
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Please
  
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Undskyld!
  
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
Farvel
  
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Jeg elsker dig
  
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Undskyld mig
  
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
  
Scanian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Sweden
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
Jutlandic
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Denmark
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Bornholmsk
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Island of Bornholm
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
5.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
5.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
  
dansk
  
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
French Name
pachto
  
danois
  
German Name
Paschtu
  
Dänisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Danish people or Danes
  
Origin
1651
  
c. 1100 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Rigsdansk
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Danish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
da
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
dan
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
dan
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
dan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
dani1284
  
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional