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Pashto vs Dutch


Dutch vs Pashto


Countries

Countries
Afganistan   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
6   
9

National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Pakistan   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

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.
  

Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
29   
19
21   
11

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
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
(salaam) سلام   
Hallo   

Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر   
dankjewel   

How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟   
hoe gaat het met je?   

Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير   
goede Nacht   

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

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

Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏   
goedemorgen   

Please
(lotfan) لطفا   
alsjeblieft   

Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم   
sorry   

Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان   
vaarwel   

I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)   
Ik hou van jou   

Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم   
pardon   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Central Pashto   
Gronings   

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan   
Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00   
14
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
Northern Pashto   
Low Saxon   

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan   
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
4
4,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 3
Wanetsi   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan   
Belgium, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
95,000.00   
29
1,300,000.00   
18

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.58 %   
26
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
6.00 million   
25

Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو   
Nederlands   

Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto   
Hollands, Nederlands   

French Name
pachto   
néerlandais; flamand   

German Name
Paschtu   
Niederländisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]   
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   

Ethnicity
Pashtun   
Dutch people   

History

Origin
1651   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Germanic   

Branch
Iranian   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
82   
99+
48   
35

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ps   
nl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pus   
nld   

ISO 639 2/B
pus   
dut   

ISO 639 3
pus   
nld   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
pash1269   
mode1257   

Linguasphere
58-ABD-a   
52-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Synthetic   

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Pashto and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Pashto vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Pashto and Dutch language. History of Pashto language states that this language originated in 1651 whereas history of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Pashto and Dutch Language History.

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Pashto and Dutch Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Pashto and Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Dutch language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Pashto vs Dutch Difficulty

The Pashto vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Dutch Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Pashto and Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.

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