Countries
Afganistan
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
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
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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)
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Wu
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
China, United States of America
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
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French Name
pachto
chinois
German Name
Paschtu
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
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Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Iranian
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
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Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
pash1269
sini1245
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating
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.