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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
5
Rank: 10 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
China, Taiwan
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Pakistan
Indonesia, Malaysia
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
1.8 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.
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
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2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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44
Rank: 24 (Overall)
26
Rank: 8 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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7
Rank: 4 (Overall)
24
Rank: 19 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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29
Rank: 19 (Overall)
23
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Arabic
Chinese Characters and derivatives
2.5 Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
88 weeks
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
(salaam) سلام
您好 (Nín hǎo)
3.2 Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏
早安 (Zǎo ān)
3.8 Please
(lotfan) لطفا
请 (Qǐng)
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
再见 (Zàijiàn)
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
劳驾 (Láojià)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Mandarin
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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6,500,000.00
Rank: 14 (Overall)
960,000,000.00
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Wu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
China, United States of America
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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21,000,000.00
Rank: 4 (Overall)
80,000,000.00
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Yue
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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95,000.00
Rank: 29 (Overall)
60,000,000.00
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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21
Rank: 19 (Overall)
10
Rank: 10 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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60.00 million
Rank: 27 (Overall)
1,051.00 million
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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0.58 %
Rank: 26 (Overall)
16.00 %
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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60.00 million
Rank: 20 (Overall)
873.00 million
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
178.00 million
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
中文 (zhōngwén)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
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5.3.4 French Name
pachto
chinois
5.3.5 German Name
Paschtu
Chinesisch
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
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5.5 Ethnicity
Pashtun
Han
6 History
6.1 Origin
1651
1250 BC
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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6.2.2 Branch
Iranian
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6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Standard Chinese
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: 54 (Overall)
1
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
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Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
ps
zh
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
pus
zho
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
pus
chi
7.3 ISO 639 3
pus
zho
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
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7.5 Glottocode
pash1269
sini1245
7.6 Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
79-AAA
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating

Pashto and Chinese Alphabets

Pashto and Chinese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Pashto and Chinese. In Pashto Alphabets there are 44 letters while in Chinese Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Pashto and Chinese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Pashto and Chinese languages. The Pashto phonology consist Pashto vowels and Pashto consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Pashto greetings vs Chinese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Pashto and Chinese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Pashto and Chinese Speaking population

Pashto and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Pashto and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Pashto and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Chinese on Pashto vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Pashto and Chinese Language Codes

Pashto and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Pashto and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.