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Balochi vs Burmese


Burmese vs Balochi


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Iran  
Myanmar  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates  
Mon  

Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee  
Myanmar Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
  • Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
  
  • 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
Kurdish and Persian  
Thai Language  

Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34  
16
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
12  
9

How Many Consonants
26  
16
33  
23

Scripts
Perso-Arabic script  
Tangut  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Salam  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

Thank You
mana bebahgsh  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  

How Are You?
chone tao?  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  

Good Night
jawáin shap  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  

Good Evening
jawáin begáh  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  

Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  

Good Morning
jawáin sawáh  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  

Please
Mihrabani kan  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  

Bye
bye  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  

Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
Pakistan  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Western Balochi  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
440,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Balochi  
Intha  

Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
99+
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
8.50 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
بلوچی  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

Alternative Names
Baluchi  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  

French Name
baloutchi  
birman  

German Name
Belutschisch  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]  
[bəmɛ̀]  

Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
19th Century  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  

Standard Forms
Balochi  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
39  
36
43  
40

Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bal  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
bal  
bur  

ISO 639 3
bal  
mya  

ISO 639 6
bal  
mya  

Glottocode
balo1260  
sout3159  

Linguasphere
58-AAB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Balochi and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Balochi vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Balochi and Burmese language. History of Balochi language states that this language originated in 19th Century 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 Balochi and Burmese Language History.

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

Balochi vs Burmese Difficulty

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

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