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Pashto and Finnish


Finnish and Pashto


Countries

Countries
Afganistan  
European Union, Finland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora  
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Estonia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Pakistan  
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)  
Institute for the Languages of Finland  

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.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages  
Estonian and Livonian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
44  
24
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
8  
5

How Many Consonants
29  
19
13  
3

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
(salaam) سلام  
Moi  

Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر  
Kiitos  

How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟  
Mitä kuuluu?  

Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير  
hyvää yötä  

Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير  
Hyvää iltaa  

Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير  
Hyvää iltapäivää  

Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏  
Hyvää huomenta  

Please
(lotfan) لطفا  
haluta  

Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم  
Anteeksi  

Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان  
Heippa  

I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)  
Minä rakastan sinua  

Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم  
Anteeksi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Central Pashto  
Colloquial Finnish  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
Finland  

How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00  
14
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Northern Pashto  
Rauma  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
Finland, Rauma  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
4
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Wanetsi  
Meänkieli  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
Finland, Sweden  

How Many People Speak
95,000.00  
29
60,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
5.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.58 %  
26
Not Available  

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
5.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
0.01 million  
39

Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو  
suomi / suomen kieli  

Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto  
Suomi  

French Name
pachto  
finnois  

German Name
Paschtu  
Finnisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]  
[ˈsuomi]  

Ethnicity
Pashtun  
ethnic Finns  

History

Origin
1651  
1543  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Iranian  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Finnic language  

Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto  
standard Finnish  

Language Position
82  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Finnish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ps  
fi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pus  
fin  

ISO 639 2/B
pus  
fin  

ISO 639 3
pus  
fin  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
pash1269  
finn1318  

Linguasphere
58-ABD-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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All Pashto and Finnish 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 Pashto and Finnish dialects. Various dialects of Pashto and Finnish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Pashto are spoken in different Pashto Speaking Countries whereas Finnish Dialects are spoken in different Finnish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Pashto vs Finnish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Pashto dialects include: Central Pashto, Northern Pashto. Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish , Rauma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Pashto and Finnish Speaking population

Pashto and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Pashto and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Pashto and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish language is Not Available. 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 Pashto and Finnish on Pashto vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Pashto and Finnish Language Codes

Pashto and Finnish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Pashto and Finnish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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