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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
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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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Chinese and Pashto Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Pashto language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Pashto language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC 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 Chinese and Pashto Language History.

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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.

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