Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Myanmar
  
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 in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Tangut
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
  
Dialect 3
Rekhta
  
Intha
  
Where They Speak
South Asia
  
Burma
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million
  
15
43.00 million
  
30
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
  
Burmese sign language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.