Countries
Myanmar
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Myanmar
  
Pakistan
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Mon
  
India
  
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
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.
  
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Derived From
Pali Language
  
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
خوش آمديد
  
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
آپ کا شکریہ
  
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
گڈ نائٹ
  
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
سلام علیکم
  
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
گڈ مارننگ
  
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
براہ مہربانی
  
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
معاف کرنا
  
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
الوداع
  
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Dialect 1
Arakanese
  
Dakhini
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
11,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
  
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Where They Speak
Myanmar
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Rekhta
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
South Asia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
104.00 million
  
15
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
61.00 million
  
19
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
43.00 million
  
14
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
اُردُو
  
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
Bihari
  
French Name
birman
  
ourdou
  
German Name
Birmanisch
  
Urdu
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Ethnicity
Bamar people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1113 AD
  
12th Century CE
  
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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
  
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Signed Urdu
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
my
  
ur
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mya
  
urd
  
ISO 639 2/B
bur
  
urd
  
ISO 639 3
mya
  
urd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sout3159
  
urdu1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Fusional
  
Burmese and Urdu 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 Urdu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Urdu language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Urdu word for "Thank You" is آپ کا شکریہ. Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Urdu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Burmese vs Urdu Difficulty
The Burmese vs Urdu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Urdu 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 Urdu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Urdu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Urdu time required is 44 weeks.