1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Vietnam
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Chinese Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Chinese Language
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
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Cam on
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Bạn khỏe không?
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Chúc ngủ ngon
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Chào buổi tối
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Chào buổi trưa
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Chào buổi sáng
3.8 Please
(lotfan) لطفا
xin vui lòng
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Xin lỗi
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
Tạm biệt
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
tôi yêu bạn
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Xin loi
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Northern Vietnamese
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
North-central Vietnamese
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Mid-Central Vietnamese
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
95,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
60.00 million91.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million75.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
tiếng việt (㗂越)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
5.5 Ethnicity
Pashtun
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Standard Vietnamese
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Vietnamese sign languages
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
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating