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Punjabi vs Burmese


Burmese vs Punjabi


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
Myanmar   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
India, Pakistan   
Myanmar   

Second Language
Pakistan   
Bangladesh, Burma   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Mon   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Myanmar Language Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
  • 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
Hindi Language   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Pali Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
12   
9

How Many Consonants
41   
30
33   
23

Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi   
Tangut   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)   
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   

Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)   
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   

How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)   
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   

Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)   
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   

Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   

Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)   
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   

Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   

Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)   
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   

Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)   
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   

Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)   
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   

I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)   
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   

Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)   
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pothohari   
Arakanese   

Where They Speak
Pakistan   
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
22
2,000,000.00   
24

Dialect 2
Saraiki   
Tavoyan   

Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan   
Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
5
440,000.00   
30

Dialect 3
Doabi   
Intha   

Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India   
Burma   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
30   
24
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
154.30 million   
12
43.00 million   
30

Speaking Population
1.44 %   
11
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
100.00 million   
11
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
54.30 million   
12
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی   
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   

Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi   
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   

French Name
pendjabi   
birman   

German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache   
Birmanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Availble   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Punjabis   
Bamar people   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
1113 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi   
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   

Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi   
Modern Burmese   

Language Position
Not Available   
43   
32

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Burmese sign language   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pa   
my   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pan   
mya   

ISO 639 2/B
pan   
bur   

ISO 639 3
pan   
mya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
panj1256   
sout3159   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Punjabi and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Punjabi vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Punjabi and Burmese language. History of Punjabi language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD. 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 Punjabi and Burmese Language History.

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

Punjabi vs Burmese Difficulty

The Punjabi vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Punjabi 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 Punjabi and Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Punjabi and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Punjabi is 6 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.

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