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 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.
