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Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau  
Afganistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
China, Guangdong  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Hawaii  
Pakistan  

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)  

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.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language  
Persian and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
7  
4

How Many Consonants
20  
10
29  
19

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10  
8
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
您好  
(salaam) سلام  

Thank You
谢谢  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر  

How Are You?
你好吗?  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟  

Good Night
晚安  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير  

Good Evening
晚上好  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير  

Good Afternoon
下午好  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير  

Good Morning
早上好  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏  

Please
请  
(lotfan) لطفا  

Sorry
遗憾  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم  

Bye
再见  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان  

I Love You
我爱你  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)  

Excuse Me
原谅我  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou  
Central Pashto  

Where They Speak
outside mainland China  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,500,000.00  
14

Dialect 2
Xiguan  
Northern Pashto  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
21,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 3
Hong Kong  
Wanetsi  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
Afganistan, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
95,000.00  
29

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.58 %  
26

Native Speakers
52.00 million  
21
60.00 million  
20

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa  
(paṧto) پښتو  

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto  

French Name
Not Available  
pachto  

German Name
Not Available  
Paschtu  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Pashtun  

History

Origin
17th century  
1651  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto  

Language Position
Not Available  
82  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ps  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
pus  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
pus  

ISO 639 3
No data available  
pus  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
cant1236  
pash1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-ABD-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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Cantonese and Pashto Language History

Comparison of Cantonese vs Pashto language history gives us differences between origin of Cantonese and Pashto language. History of Cantonese language states that this language originated in 17th century whereas history of Pashto language states that this language originated in 1651. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Cantonese and Pashto Language History.

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Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cantonese and Pashto language. Cantonese word for "Hello" is 您好 or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Cantonese Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Cantonese vs Pashto Difficulty

The Cantonese vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.

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