1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Myanmar
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
1.4 Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
1.7 Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Thai Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Pali Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
(salaam) سلام
3.2 Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
(lotfan) لطفا
3.9 Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Myanmar
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
440,000.0021,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Burma
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
90,000.0095,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
43.00 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
33.00 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
(paṧto) پښتو
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
58-ABD-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional