Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
Afganistan
  
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 in
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Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million
  
2
60.00 million
  
27
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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