Countries
Myanmar
India, Pakistan
National Language
Myanmar
Pakistan
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Mon
India
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
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.
- 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.
Similar To
Thai Language
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Derived From
Pali Language
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
خوش آمديد
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
آپ کا شکریہ
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
گڈ نائٹ
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
سلام علیکم
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
گڈ آفٹر نون
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
گڈ مارننگ
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
براہ مہربانی
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
معاف کرنا
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
الوداع
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
مجھے تم سے محبت
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
معاف کیجئے گا
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Dakhini
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
India
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Hyderabadi Urdu
Where They Speak
Myanmar
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Burma
South Asia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
اُردُو
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Bihari
French Name
birman
ourdou
German Name
Birmanisch
Urdu
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈʊrd̪u]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Not Available
Origin
1113 AD
12th Century CE
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Modern Standard Urdu
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Signed Urdu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sout3159
urdu1245
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-q
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional
All Burmese and Urdu 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 Urdu dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Urdu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Urdu Dialects are spoken in different Urdu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Urdu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Urdu dialects include: Dakhini , Hyderabadi Urdu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Burmese and Urdu Speaking population
Burmese and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Urdu on Burmese vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Burmese and Urdu Language Codes
Burmese and Urdu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Urdu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.