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Chinese and Pashto


Pashto and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
Afganistan   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

National Language
China, Taiwan   
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Pakistan   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Persian and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
7   
4

How Many Consonants
23   
13
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
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
(salaam) سلام   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر   

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

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

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

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

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
(lotfan) لطفا   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان   

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

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Central Pashto   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
6,500,000.00   
14

Dialect 2
Wu   
Northern Pashto   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
21,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 3
Yue   
Wanetsi   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
95,000.00   
29

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
0.58 %   
26

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
Not Available   

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
(paṧto) پښتو   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto   

French Name
chinois   
pachto   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Paschtu   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]   

Ethnicity
Han   
Pashtun   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
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 Chinese   
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto   

Language Position
1   
1
82   
99+

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
ps   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
pus   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
pus   

ISO 639 3
zho   
pus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
pash1269   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
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   

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All Chinese and Pashto Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Chinese and Pashto dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Pashto language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Pashto Dialects are spoken in different Pashto speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Pashto Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Pashto dialects include: Central Pashto , Northern Pashto. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Chinese and Pashto Speaking population

Chinese and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Chinese and Pashto on Chinese vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Pashto Language Codes

Chinese and Pashto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Pashto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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