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Balochi vs Burmese


Burmese vs Balochi


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan   
Myanmar   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Iran   
Myanmar   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates   
Mon   

Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee   
Myanmar Language Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
  • Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
  
  • 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
Kurdish and Persian   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language   
Pali Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34   
16
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
12   
9

How Many Consonants
26   
16
33   
23

Scripts
Perso-Arabic script   
Tangut   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
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
Salam   
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   

Thank You
mana bebahgsh   
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   

How Are You?
chone tao?   
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   

Good Night
jawáin shap   
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   

Good Evening
jawáin begáh   
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   

Good Morning
jawáin sawáh   
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   

Please
Mihrabani kan   
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   

Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh   
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   

Bye
bye   
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   

I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh   
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   

Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh   
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi   
Arakanese   

Where They Speak
Pakistan   
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
17
2,000,000.00   
24

Dialect 2
Western Balochi   
Tavoyan   

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan   
Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
20
440,000.00   
30

Dialect 3
Southern Balochi   
Intha   

Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates   
Burma   

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
10
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million   
99+
43.00 million   
30

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
7.60 million   
99+
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
بلوچی   
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   

Alternative Names
Baluchi   
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   

French Name
baloutchi   
birman   

German Name
Belutschisch   
Birmanisch   

Pronunciation
Not available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui   
Bamar people   

History

Origin
19th Century   
1113 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Balochi   
Modern Burmese   

Language Position
Not Available   
43   
32

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Burmese sign language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
my   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bal   
mya   

ISO 639 2/B
bal   
bur   

ISO 639 3
bal   
mya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
balo1260   
sout3159   

Linguasphere
58-AAB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Balochi and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Balochi vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Balochi and Burmese language. History of Balochi language states that this language originated in 19th Century 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 Balochi and Burmese Language History.

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

Balochi vs Burmese Difficulty

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

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