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Burmese vs Pashto


Pashto vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
Afganistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
7   
4

How Many Consonants
33   
23
29   
19

Scripts
Tangut   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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
440,000.00   
30
21,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 3
Intha   
Wanetsi   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
95,000.00   
29

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
0.58 %   
26

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   

History

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   

Language Position
43   
32
82   
99+

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Burmese and Pashto Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Pashto language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Pashto language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Pashto language states that this language originated in 1651. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Burmese and Pashto Language History.

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Burmese and Pashto Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Burmese and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Pashto language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Burmese vs Pashto Difficulty

The Burmese vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Pashto Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Burmese and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.

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