Countries
Afganistan
  
Vietnam
  
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 in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
91.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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