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
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Southern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
Eastern Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
28.00 million
  
38
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.