Countries
Vietnam
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Vietnam
  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
  
Similar To
Chinese Language
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Chinese Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Xin chào
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
Cam on
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
xin vui lòng
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
Xin lỗi
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
Tạm biệt
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
Xin loi
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
91.00 million
  
16
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
60.00 million
  
20
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
Not Available
  
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
vietnamien
  
pachto
  
German Name
Vietnamesisch
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
c. 1440
  
1651
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
vi
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
vie
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
vie
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
vie
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
viet1252
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
46-EBA
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Fusional