1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Afganistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
Persian and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
(salaam) سلام
3.2 Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
zoo hmo
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
Not Available
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
Central Pashto
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Laos
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
310,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
Northern Pashto
4.2.1 Where They Speak
China
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
1,600,000.0021,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Vietnam
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA95,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
4.00 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
3.70 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Mong
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Hmong
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology