Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Afganistan
National Language
China, Guangdong
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Hawaii
Pakistan
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
谢谢
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
你好吗？
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
晚安
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
晚上好
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
下午好
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
早上好
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Sorry
遗憾
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
再见
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
我爱你
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
原谅我
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
Not Available
pachto
German Name
Not Available
Paschtu
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Pashtun
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ps
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
pus
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
pus
ISO 639 3
No data available
pus
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
cant1236
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
Cantonese and Pashto 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 Cantonese and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cantonese and Pashto language. Cantonese word for "Hello" is 您好 or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Cantonese Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cantonese vs Pashto Difficulty
The Cantonese vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese Alphabets and Pashto 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 Cantonese and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.