1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Afganistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
China, Guangdong
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
1.7 Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Chinese Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Arabic
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
谢谢
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
你好吗？
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
晚安
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
晚上好
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
下午好
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
早上好
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
遗憾
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
再见
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
我爱你
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
原谅我
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA6,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA21,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA95,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
60.00 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
52.00 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
(paṧto) پښتو
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology