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Pashto vs Chinese


Chinese vs Pashto


Countries

Countries
Afganistan  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora  
China, Taiwan  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Pakistan  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
24  
19

How Many Consonants
29  
19
23  
13

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
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
(salaam) سلام  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

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

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

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

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

Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
(lotfan) لطفا  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

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

Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Central Pashto  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00  
14
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Northern Pashto  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
4
80,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Wanetsi  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
95,000.00  
29
60,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
0.58 %  
26
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto  
Not Available  

French Name
pachto  
chinois  

German Name
Paschtu  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Pashtun  
Han  

History

Origin
1651  
1250 BC  

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 Chinese  

Language Position
82  
99+
1  
1

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ps  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pus  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
pus  
chi  

ISO 639 3
pus  
zho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
pash1269  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
58-ABD-a  
79-AAA  

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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Pashto and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Pashto vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Pashto and Chinese language. History of Pashto language states that this language originated in 1651 whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. 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 Chinese Language History.

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

Pashto vs Chinese Difficulty

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

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