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 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.