1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Myanmar
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Myanmar Language Commission
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Pali Language
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
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
(salaam) سلام
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
3.2 Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
3.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
3.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
3.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
3.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
3.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
3.8 Please
(lotfan) لطفا
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
3.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
3.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
3.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
3.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Myanmar
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00440,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Burma
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
95,000.0090,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
60.00 million43.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
60.00 million33.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tibeto-Burman
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Modern Burmese
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Burmese sign language
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
58-ABD-a
No data available
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
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating