Countries
Afganistan
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin 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.
- 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.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Japanese and Korean Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4426
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
724
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2923
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
(salaam) سلام
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00960,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Wu
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0080,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Yue
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
95,000.0060,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2110
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million1,051.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.58 %16.00 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million873.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
50.00 million178.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Zhongwen, Hanyu
French Name
pachto
chinois
German Name
Paschtu
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Han
Origin
1651
1250 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Iranian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Standard Chinese
Language Position
821
1
120
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Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ps
zh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pus
zho
ISO 639 2/B
pus
chi
ISO 639 3
pus
zho
ISO 639 6
pus
zho
Glottocode
pash1269
sini1245
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
79-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating