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
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
2,000,000.00
  
24
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Myanmar
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
60.00 million
  
20
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
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
  
Origin
1113 AD
  
1651
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Not Available
  
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
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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