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Urdu and Burmese


Burmese and Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
Myanmar   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Pakistan   
Myanmar   

Second Language
Pakistan   
Bangladesh, Burma   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Asia   

Minority Language
India   
Mon   

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   
Myanmar Language Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language   
Pali Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
12   
9

How Many Consonants
40   
29
33   
23

Scripts
Arabic   
Tangut   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد   
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ   
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ   
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   

Good Evening
سلام علیکم   
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون   
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ   
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   

Please
براہ مہربانی   
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   

Sorry
معاف کرنا   
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   

Bye
الوداع   
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت   
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا   
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini   
Arakanese   

Where They Speak
India   
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
12
2,000,000.00   
24

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu   
Tavoyan   

Where They Speak
India   
Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
440,000.00   
30

Dialect 3
Rekhta   
Intha   

Where They Speak
South Asia   
Burma   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million   
15
43.00 million   
30

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
61.00 million   
19
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million   
14
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
اُردُو   
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   

Alternative Names
Bihari   
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   

French Name
ourdou   
birman   

German Name
Urdu   
Birmanisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Bamar people   

History

Origin
12th Century CE   
1113 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu   
Modern Burmese   

Language Position
20   
18
43   
32

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu   
Burmese sign language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ur   
my   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd   
mya   

ISO 639 2/B
urd   
bur   

ISO 639 3
urd   
mya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
urdu1245   
sout3159   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All Urdu and Burmese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Urdu and Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Urdu and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Urdu are spoken in different Urdu Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Urdu vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Urdu dialects include: Dakhini, Hyderabadi Urdu. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Urdu and Burmese Speaking population

Urdu and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Urdu and Burmese on Urdu vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Urdu and Burmese Language Codes

Urdu and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Urdu and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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