Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Afganistan
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
- 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
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Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
zoo hmo
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
thov
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
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(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Laos
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
China
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Hmong
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Mong
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
Paschtu
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Hmong people
Pashtun
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Hmong
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
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Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ps
ISO 639 2/T
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pus
ISO 639 2/B
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pus
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
firs1234
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
Hmong 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 Hmong and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hmong and Pashto language. Hmong word for "Hello" is Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong) or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Hmong Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hmong vs Pashto Difficulty
The Hmong vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong 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 Hmong and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.