Countries
Afganistan
  
Myanmar
  
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 in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Tangut
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Intha
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
Burma
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
43.00 million
  
30
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Burmese sign language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.