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Pashto and Vietnamese


Vietnamese and Pashto


Countries

Countries
Afganistan  
Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora  
Vietnam  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Pakistan  
Czech Republic  

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)  
Not Available  

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.
  

Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Chinese Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
44  
24
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
12  
9

How Many Consonants
29  
19
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
(salaam) سلام  
Xin chào  

Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر  
Cam on  

How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟  
Bạn khỏe không?  

Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير  
Chúc ngủ ngon  

Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير  
Chào buổi tối  

Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير  
Chào buổi trưa  

Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏  
Chào buổi sáng  

Please
(lotfan) لطفا  
xin vui lòng  

Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم  
Xin lỗi  

Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان  
Tạm biệt  

I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)  
tôi yêu bạn  

Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم  
Xin loi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Central Pashto  
Northern Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  

How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00  
14
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Northern Pashto  
North-central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
4
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Wanetsi  
Mid-Central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  

How Many People Speak
95,000.00  
29
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
91.00 million  
16

Speaking Population
0.58 %  
26
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
75.00 million  
14

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
16.00 million  
17

Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو  
tiếng việt (㗂越)  

Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  

French Name
pachto  
vietnamien  

German Name
Paschtu  
Vietnamesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  

Ethnicity
Pashtun  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  

History

Origin
1651  
c. 1440  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Iranian  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  

Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto  
Standard Vietnamese  

Language Position
82  
99+
14  
13

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Vietnamese sign languages  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ps  
vi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pus  
vie  

ISO 639 2/B
pus  
vie  

ISO 639 3
pus  
vie  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
pash1269  
viet1252  

Linguasphere
58-ABD-a  
46-EBA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Analytic, Isolating  

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All Pashto and Vietnamese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Pashto and Vietnamese dialects. Various dialects of Pashto and Vietnamese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Pashto are spoken in different Pashto Speaking Countries whereas Vietnamese Dialects are spoken in different Vietnamese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Pashto vs Vietnamese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Pashto dialects include: Central Pashto, Northern Pashto. Vietnamese dialects include: Northern Vietnamese , North-central Vietnamese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Pashto and Vietnamese Speaking population

Pashto and Vietnamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Pashto and Vietnamese languages can be compared. The total count of Pashto and Vietnamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Pashto and Vietnamese on Pashto vs Vietnamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Pashto and Vietnamese Language Codes

Pashto and Vietnamese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Pashto and Vietnamese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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