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Pashto vs Burmese


Burmese vs Pashto


Countries

Countries
Afganistan   
Myanmar   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora   
Myanmar   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bangladesh, Burma   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Pakistan   
Mon   

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)   
Myanmar Language Commission   

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.
  

Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Pali Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
12   
9

How Many Consonants
29   
19
33   
23

Scripts
Arabic   
Tangut   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
(salaam) سلام   
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   

Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر   
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   

How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟   
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   

Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير   
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   

Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير   
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   

Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير   
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   

Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏   
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   

Please
(lotfan) لطفا   
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   

Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم   
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   

Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان   
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   

I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)   
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   

Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم   
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Central Pashto   
Arakanese   

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan   
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00   
14
2,000,000.00   
24

Dialect 2
Northern Pashto   
Tavoyan   

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan   
Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
4
440,000.00   
30

Dialect 3
Wanetsi   
Intha   

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan   
Burma   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
43.00 million   
30

Speaking Population
0.58 %   
26
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو   
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   

Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto   
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   

French Name
pachto   
birman   

German Name
Paschtu   
Birmanisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Pashtun   
Bamar people   

History

Origin
1651   
1113 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Iranian   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   

Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto   
Modern Burmese   

Language Position
82   
99+
43   
32

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Burmese sign language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ps   
my   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pus   
mya   

ISO 639 2/B
pus   
bur   

ISO 639 3
pus   
mya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
pash1269   
sout3159   

Linguasphere
58-ABD-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Pashto and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Pashto vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Pashto and Burmese language. History of Pashto language states that this language originated in 1651 whereas history of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD. 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 Pashto and Burmese Language History.

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Pashto and Burmese 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 Pashto and Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Burmese language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Pashto vs Burmese Difficulty

The Pashto vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Burmese 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 Pashto and Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.

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