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Burmese and Sindhi


Sindhi and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Myanmar   
India, Pakistan, Sindh   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Mon   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority   

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 first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Gujarati   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Prakrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
64   
37

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
10   
7

How Many Consonants
33   
23
42   
31

Scripts
Tangut   
Arabic, Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
Assalam O Alaikum   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
Meharbani   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
Kehra haal aahin   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
tava kia aayo   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
Sham Jo Salam   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
Assalam o Alaikum   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
Subho Bakhair   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
Mehrbani   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
Moon khe afsos aahe   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
Allah Wahi   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
Man tokhe prem karyan ti   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
Maaf Kajo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Siraiki   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Upper Sindh   

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00   
24
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Vicholi   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Central Sindh   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Intha   
Lari   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Lower Sindh   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
29.00 million   
37

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
0.39 %   
34

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
Not Available   

French Name
birman   
sindhi   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Sindhi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
711 A.D   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Sindhi   

Language Position
43   
32
50   
37

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
sd   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
snd   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
snd   

ISO 639 3
mya   
snd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
sind1272   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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All Burmese and Sindhi 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 Sindhi dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Sindhi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Sindhi Dialects are spoken in different Sindhi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Sindhi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Sindhi dialects include: Siraiki , Vicholi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Burmese and Sindhi Speaking population

Burmese and Sindhi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Sindhi languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Sindhi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 %. 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 Sindhi on Burmese vs Sindhi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Sindhi Language Codes

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