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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Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
viet1252
pash1269
Linguasphere
46-EBA
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional
Vietnamese and Pashto 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 Vietnamese and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Pashto language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Vietnamese vs Pashto Difficulty
The Vietnamese vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese Alphabets and Pashto 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 Vietnamese and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.
