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Burmese and Luri


Luri and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Iran  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Myanmar  
Iran  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma  
-  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Antartica  

Minority Language
Mon  
-  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
-  

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.
  
Luri language is spoken mainly in western and southwestern Iran.  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Persian  

Derived From
Pali Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
45  
25

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
33  
23
40  
29

Scripts
Tangut  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
25 weeks  
7

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
hello  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
Thank you  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
how are you  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
Good night  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
Good evening  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
Good morning  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
Please  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
sorry  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
bye  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
i love you  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
excuse me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Feyli lurish  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Eastern Iraq, Western Iran  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Bakhtiari  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Iran  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Intha  
Laki  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Iran  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
1,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.00 %  
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
0.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
89.00 million  
10

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
nanme  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Lori, Luri, Luristani  

French Name
birman  
louri  

German Name
Birmanisch  
-  

Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]  
[ˈoɽia]  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Lurs  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
19 BC  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
gd  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
gd  

Language Position
43  
40
23  
21

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
12  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
lrc  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
lrc  

ISO 639 3
mya  
12  

ISO 639 6
mya  
lrc  

Glottocode
sout3159  
12  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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

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Burmese and Luri Speaking population

Burmese and Luri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Luri languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Luri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Luri language is 0.00 %. 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 Luri on Burmese vs Luri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

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

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