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
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Myanmar
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Burma
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Iranian
Not Available
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
pash1269
sout3159
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data available
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.
