Countries
Afganistan
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Germany
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Pakistan
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Council for German Orthography
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.
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Albanian Languages
Alphabets in
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German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
(salaam) سلام
hallo
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Danke
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
gute Nacht
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
guten Tag
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
guten Morgen
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
bitte
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Verzeihung
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Tschüs
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Switzerland
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Germany
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Texas German
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Texas
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Deutsch
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
pachto
allemand
German Name
Paschtu
Deutsch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Germans
Origin
1651
6th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
deus
Glottocode
pash1269
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic
Pashto and German Speaking population
Pashto and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Pashto and German languages can be compared. The total count of Pashto and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Pashto vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Pashto and German Language Codes
Pashto and German language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Pashto and German Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.