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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Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
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
Urdu 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 Urdu and Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Urdu and Burmese language. Urdu word for "Hello" is خوش آمديد or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Urdu Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Urdu vs Burmese Difficulty
The Urdu vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Urdu 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 Urdu and Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Urdu and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Urdu is 44 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.