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