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Burmese
Burmese

Kurdish
Kurdish



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Countries

Countries

Myanmar
Iraq, Kurdistan

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Myanmar
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey

Second Language

Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Middle East

Minority Language

Mon
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Myanmar Language Commission
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Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.

Similar To

Thai Language
Farsi Language

Derived From

Pali Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3333
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

128
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3329
9 60
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Scripts

Tangut
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

34
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks4 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Silaw

Thank You

ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
Sipas

How Are You?

နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Tu çawa yî?

Good Night

ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Şev xweş

Good Evening

မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Evare baş

Good Afternoon

မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Nee-wa-rowt bash

Good Morning

မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Bayanit bash

Please

ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Bê zehmet

Sorry

တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bibûre

Bye

နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
Be xêr çî

I Love You

မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Ez te hez dikem

Excuse Me

ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Bê zehmet

Dialects

Dialect 1

Arakanese
Northern Kurdish

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey

How Many People Speak

2,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Tavoyan
Central Kurdish

Where They Speak

Myanmar
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran

How Many People Speak

440,000.005,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Intha
Southern Kurdish

Where They Speak

Burma
Eastern Iraq

How Many People Speak

90,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

53
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

43.00 million28.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.50 %0.31 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

33.00 million21.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

10.00 million20.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди

Alternative Names

Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Kurdî, کوردی‎

French Name

birman
kurde

German Name

Birmanisch
Kurdisch

Pronunciation

[bəmɛ̀]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]

Ethnicity

Bamar people
Kurds

History

Origin

1113 AD
16th century CE

Language Family

Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Tibeto-Burman
Indo-Iranian

Branch

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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish

Standard Forms

Modern Burmese
Kurdish

Language Position

4314
1 120
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Signed Forms

Burmese sign language
Kurdish Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

my
ku

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mya
kur

ISO 639 2/B

bur
kur

ISO 639 3

mya
kur

ISO 639 6

mya
kur

Glottocode

sout3159
kurd1259

Linguasphere

No data available
58-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Isolating
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Burmese and Kurdish Alphabets

Burmese and Kurdish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Burmese and Kurdish. In Burmese Alphabets there are 33 letters while in Kurdish Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Burmese and Kurdish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Burmese and Kurdish languages. The Burmese phonology consist Burmese vowels and Burmese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Burmese greetings vs Kurdish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Burmese and Kurdish are Most Spoken Languages.

All Burmese and Kurdish 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 Burmese and Kurdish dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Kurdish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Kurdish Dialects are spoken in different Kurdish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Kurdish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish , Central Kurdish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Burmese and Kurdish Speaking population

Burmese and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. 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 Burmese and Kurdish on Burmese vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Kurdish Language Codes

Burmese and Kurdish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Kurdish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.