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
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
India
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
South Asia
Burma
How Many People Speak
Not Available
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
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
urdu1245
sout3159
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating
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.
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.
