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Pashto
Pashto

Burmese
Burmese



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Countries

Countries

Afganistan
Myanmar

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Myanmar

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Pakistan
Mon

Regulated By

Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Myanmar Language Commission

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.
  • 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.

Similar To

Persian and Balochi Languages
Thai Language

Derived From

-
Pali Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4433
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

712
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2933
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Tangut

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, 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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Greetings

Hello

(salaam) سلام
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)

Thank You

(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)

How Are You?

(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)

Good Night

(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)

Good Evening

(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)

Good Afternoon

(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)

Good Morning

(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)

Please

(lotfan) لطفا
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)

Sorry

(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)

Bye

(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)

I Love You

زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)

Excuse Me

(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Central Pashto
Arakanese

Where They Speak

Afganistan, Pakistan
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar

How Many People Speak

6,500,000.002,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Pashto
Tavoyan

Where They Speak

Afganistan, Pakistan
Myanmar

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.00440,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Wanetsi
Intha

Where They Speak

Afganistan, Pakistan
Burma

How Many People Speak

95,000.0090,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

215
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

60.00 million43.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.58 %0.50 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

60.00 million33.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

50.00 million10.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

(paṧto) پښتو
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)

Alternative Names

Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa

French Name

pachto
birman

German Name

Paschtu
Birmanisch

Pronunciation

[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[bəmɛ̀]

Ethnicity

Pashtun
Bamar people

History

Origin

1651
1113 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Tibeto-Burman

Branch

Iranian
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese

Standard Forms

Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Modern Burmese

Language Position

8243
1 120
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Signed Forms

Pashto Sign Language
Burmese sign language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ps
my

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

pus
mya

ISO 639 2/B

pus
bur

ISO 639 3

pus
mya

ISO 639 6

pus
mya

Glottocode

pash1269
sout3159

Linguasphere

58-ABD-a
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Analytic, Isolating

Pashto and Burmese Alphabets

Pashto and Burmese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Pashto and Burmese. In Pashto Alphabets there are 44 letters while in Burmese Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Pashto and Burmese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Pashto and Burmese languages. The Pashto phonology consist Pashto vowels and Pashto consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Pashto greetings vs Burmese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Pashto and Burmese are Most Spoken Languages.

All Pashto and Burmese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Pashto and Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Pashto and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Pashto are spoken in different Pashto Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Pashto vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Pashto dialects include: Central Pashto, Northern Pashto. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Pashto and Burmese Speaking population

Pashto and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Pashto and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Pashto and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Pashto and Burmese on Pashto vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Pashto and Burmese Language Codes

Pashto and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Pashto and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.