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Pashto vs Cantonese


Cantonese vs Pashto


Countries

Countries
Afganistan  
Hong Kong, Macau  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora  
China, Guangdong  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Pakistan  
Hawaii  

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)  
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  

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.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
8  
5

How Many Consonants
29  
19
20  
10

Scripts
Arabic  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
10  
8

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
(salaam) سلام  
您好  

Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر  
谢谢  

How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟  
你好吗?  

Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير  
晚安  

Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير  
晚上好  

Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير  
下午好  

Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏  
早上好  

Please
(lotfan) لطفا  
请  

Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم  
遗憾  

Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان  
再见  

I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)  
我爱你  

Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم  
原谅我  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Central Pashto  
Guangzhou  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
outside mainland China  

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

Dialect 2
Northern Pashto  
Xiguan  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
Hong Kong  

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

Dialect 3
Wanetsi  
Hong Kong  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
95,000.00  
29
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.58 %  
26
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
52.00 million  
21

Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو  
Kwang Tung Wa  

Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto  
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  

French Name
pachto  
Not Available  

German Name
Paschtu  
Not Available  

Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Pashtun  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1651  
17th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Iranian  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

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

Language Position
82  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
ps  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pus  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2/B
pus  
Not Available  

ISO 639 3
pus  
No data available  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
pash1269  
cant1236  

Linguasphere
58-ABD-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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Pashto and Cantonese Language History

Comparison of Pashto vs Cantonese language history gives us differences between origin of Pashto and Cantonese language. History of Pashto language states that this language originated in 1651 whereas history of Cantonese language states that this language originated in 17th century. 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 Pashto and Cantonese Language History.

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Pashto and Cantonese 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 Pashto and Cantonese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Cantonese language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Cantonese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢. Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Cantonese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Pashto vs Cantonese Difficulty

The Pashto vs Cantonese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Cantonese 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 Pashto and Cantonese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Cantonese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Cantonese time required is 88 weeks.

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