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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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