Countries
India, Pakistan
Myanmar
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 in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Tangut
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Dialect 2
Saraiki
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Myanmar
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Burma
How Many People Speak
Not Available
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Modern Burmese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Burmese sign language
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
panj1256
sout3159
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating
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.