Countries
Myanmar
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Myanmar
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Mon
Pakistan
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
- 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
Thai Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Pali Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3344
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
127
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3329
9
60
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Scripts
Tangut
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
440,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Intha
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Burma
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
90,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
521
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.50 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
33.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
birman
pachto
German Name
Birmanisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Pashtun
Origin
1113 AD
1651
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
4382
1
120
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Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
my
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mya
pus
ISO 639 2/B
bur
pus
ISO 639 3
mya
pus
ISO 639 6
mya
pus
Glottocode
sout3159
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional