Countries
Afganistan
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
Pakistan
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
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.
  
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
hej
  
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
god morgon
  
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
ledsen
  
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
hej då
  
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
pachto
  
suédois
  
German Name
Paschtu
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
1651
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Standard Swedish
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Pashto and Swedish 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 Swedish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Swedish language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Swedish word for "Thank You" is tacka dig. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Swedish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Swedish Difficulty
The Pashto vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Swedish 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 Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.