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
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Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Wu
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Afganistan, Pakistan
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Afganistan, Pakistan
Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
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Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
chinois
pachto
German Name
Chinesisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Indo-Iranian
Branch
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Iranian
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))
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
sini1245
pash1269
Linguasphere
79-AAA
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional
Chinese 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 Chinese and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Pashto language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chinese vs Pashto Difficulty
The Chinese vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese 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 Chinese and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.