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Pashto and German


German and Pashto


Countries

Countries
Afganistan  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
7  
8

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

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

Alphabets
44  
24
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
10  
7

How Many Consonants
29  
19
9  
1

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Central Pashto  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00  
14
4,500,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Northern Pashto  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
4
820,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Wanetsi  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
95,000.00  
29
6,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
0.58 %  
26
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
128.00 million  
5

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  

History

Origin
1651  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Germanic  

Branch
Iranian  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

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  

Language Position
82  
99+
9  
9

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ps  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pus  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
pus  
ger  

ISO 639 3
pus  
deu  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
deus  

Glottocode
pash1269  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
58-ABD-a  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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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.

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