Countries
Myanmar
Afganistan
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
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Afganistan, Pakistan
Where They Speak
Burma
Afganistan, Pakistan
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Not Available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Pashtun
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sout3159
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional
Burmese and Pashto Speaking population
Burmese and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 %. 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 Burmese and Pashto on Burmese vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Burmese and Pashto Language Codes
Burmese and Pashto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Pashto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.