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Burmese vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
33  
15
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
8  
5

How Many Consonants
33  
23
29  
19

Scripts
Tangut  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Northern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
24
20,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
30
5,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Intha  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
30
3,000,000.00  
12

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
29
0.31 %  
39

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
Not Available  

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

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

French Name
birman  
kurde  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Kurds  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Kurdish  

Language Position
43  
32
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
kur  

ISO 639 3
mya  
kur  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sout3159  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-AAA-a  

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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Burmese and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Kurdish language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century CE. 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 Burmese and Kurdish Language History.

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

Burmese vs Kurdish Difficulty

The Burmese vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Kurdish 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 Burmese and Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.

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