Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
Myanmar
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Myanmar
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Speaking Continents
Middle East
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Mon
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Myanmar Language Commission
  
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Farsi Language
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Pali Language
  
Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Tangut
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Silaw
  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Thank You
Sipas
  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Good Night
Şev xweş
  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Good Evening
Evare baş
  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
Please
Bê zehmet
  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
Sorry
Bibûre
  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
Bye
Be xêr çî
  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
  
Arakanese
  
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
2,000,000.00
  
24
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
  
Tavoyan
  
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Intha
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
Burma
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
43.00 million
  
30
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
French Name
kurde
  
birman
  
German Name
Kurdisch
  
Birmanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kurds
  
Bamar people
  
Origin
16th century CE
  
1113 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Standard Forms
Kurdish
  
Modern Burmese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Burmese sign language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ku
  
my
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kur
  
mya
  
ISO 639 2/B
kur
  
bur
  
ISO 639 3
kur
  
mya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kurd1259
  
sout3159
  
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Kurdish and Burmese 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 Kurdish and Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Burmese language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Burmese Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Burmese 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 Kurdish and Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.