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Uyghur vs Burmese


Burmese vs Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China   
Myanmar   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
China   
Myanmar   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bangladesh, Burma   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan   
Mon   

Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region   
Myanmar Language Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
  • 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
Uzbek Language   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Gokturk Language   
Pali Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
12   
9

How Many Consonants
27   
17
33   
23

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Tangut   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.   
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   

Thank You
rakhmat   
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?   
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun   
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   

Please
birdam   
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   

Sorry
kachurung   
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   

Bye
Khayr khosh   
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman   
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   

Excuse Me
Kachurung   
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan   
Arakanese   

Where They Speak
China   
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,000,000.00   
24

Dialect 2
Hotan   
Tavoyan   

Where They Speak
China   
Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
440,000.00   
30

Dialect 3
Lop Nur   
Intha   

Where They Speak
China   
Burma   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
10.40 million   
99+
43.00 million   
30

Speaking Population
0.12 %   
99+
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)   
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   

Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga   
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   

French Name
ouïgour   
birman   

German Name
Uigurisch   
Birmanisch   

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Uyghur   
Bamar people   

History

Origin
11   
1113 AD   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki   
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   

Standard Forms
Uyghur   
Modern Burmese   

Language Position
98   
99+
43   
32

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Burmese sign language   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ug   
my   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig   
mya   

ISO 639 2/B
uig   
bur   

ISO 639 3
uig   
mya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
uigh1240   
sout3159   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Uyghur and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Uyghur vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Uyghur and Burmese language. History of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11 whereas history of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Uyghur and Burmese Language History.

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Uyghur 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 Uyghur and Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Uyghur and Burmese language. Uyghur word for "Hello" is Ässalamu läykum. or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Uyghur Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Uyghur vs Burmese Difficulty

The Uyghur vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Uyghur 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 Uyghur and Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Uyghur and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Uyghur is 44 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.

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