1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Pakistan
France, Germany, Indonesia
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
1.8 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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
German and English Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
dankjewel
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
hoe gaat het met je?
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
goede Nacht
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
goedenavond
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
goedemiddag
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
goedemorgen
3.8 Please
(lotfan) لطفا
alsjeblieft
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
sorry
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
vaarwel
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Ik hou van jou
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
pardon
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Netherlands
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00590,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Low Saxon
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
21,000,000.004,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Belgium, Netherlands
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
95,000.001,300,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
60.00 million28.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million22.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Hollands, Nederlands
5.3.4 French Name
pachto
néerlandais; flamand
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Standard Dutch
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology