Countries
Myanmar
Iraq, Kurdistan
National Language
Myanmar
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Middle East
Minority Language
Mon
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Thai Language
Farsi Language
Derived From
Pali Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Tangut
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Silaw
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
Sipas
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Şev xweş
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Bayanit bash
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Bê zehmet
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bibûre
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
Be xêr çî
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Dialect 3
Intha
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Burma
Eastern Iraq
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Not Available
German Name
Birmanisch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Kurds
Origin
1113 AD
16th century CE
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Not Available
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Kurdish
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sout3159
kurd1259
Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available
All Burmese and Kurdish Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Burmese and Kurdish dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Kurdish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Kurdish Dialects are spoken in different Kurdish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Kurdish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish , Central Kurdish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Burmese and Kurdish Speaking population
Burmese and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Burmese and Kurdish on Burmese vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Burmese and Kurdish Language Codes
Burmese and Kurdish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Kurdish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.