Countries
Vietnam
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Vietnam
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Czech Republic
Pakistan
Regulated By
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Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
- 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
Chinese Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3744
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
127
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2129
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Xin chào
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Cam on
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
xin vui lòng
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Xin lỗi
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Tạm biệt
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Xin loi
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
76,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
76,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
76,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
521
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
91.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.14 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
75.00 million60.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
16.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
vietnamien
pachto
German Name
Vietnamesisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Pashtun
Origin
c. 1440
1651
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
1482
1
120
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Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
vi
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
vie
pus
ISO 639 2/B
vie
pus
ISO 639 3
vie
pus
ISO 639 6
vie
pus
Glottocode
viet1252
pash1269
Linguasphere
46-EBA
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional