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Burmese and Uyghur


Uyghur and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
China   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Myanmar   
China   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Mon   
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region   

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.
  
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Uzbek Language   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Gokturk Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
9   
6

How Many Consonants
33   
23
27   
17

Scripts
Tangut   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
Ässalamu läykum.   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
rakhmat   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

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

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
birdam   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
kachurung   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
Khayr khosh   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
sizni yahshi kOrman   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
Kachurung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Turpan   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
China   

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

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Hotan   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
China   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Intha   
Lop Nur   

Where They Speak
Burma   
China   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
7   
7

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
0.12 %   
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga   

French Name
birman   
ouïgour   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Uigurisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Uyghur   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
11   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki   

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Uyghur   

Language Position
43   
32
98   
99+

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
ug   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
uig   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
uig   

ISO 639 3
mya   
uig   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
uigh1240   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Burmese and Uyghur Speaking population

Burmese and Uyghur speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Uyghur languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Uyghur Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 %. 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 Uyghur on Burmese vs Uyghur where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Uyghur Language Codes

Burmese and Uyghur language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Uyghur Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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