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Burmese vs Kashmiri


Kashmiri vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Myanmar  
India, Pakistan  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Mon  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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.
  
  • Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
  • Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Hindi and Urdu Languages  

Derived From
Pali Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
17  
14

How Many Consonants
33  
23
27  
17

Scripts
Tangut  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
Assalām ‘alaikum  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
سہا مسا  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
Hach t'ochoktiya  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
Hach ch'i  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
مهربانی کر  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
Khuda hāfiz  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Kashtawari  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Poguli  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Pogul and Paristan valleys  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
6,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Intha  
Rambani  

Where They Speak
Burma  
India  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
5,600,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
5.42 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  

French Name
birman  
kashmiri  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Kaschmiri  

Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]  
[kəːʃur]  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Kashmiris or koshur  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
12th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Kashmiri  

Language Position
43  
40
23  
21

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
ks  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
kas  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
kas  

ISO 639 3
mya  
kas  

ISO 639 6
mya  
kas  

Glottocode
sout3159  
kash1277  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

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 Kashmiri Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Kashmiri language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Kashmiri language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th Century. 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 Burmese and Kashmiri Language History.

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Burmese and Kashmiri 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 Burmese and Kashmiri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Kashmiri language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Kashmiri word for "Thank You" is शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya). Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Kashmiri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Burmese vs Kashmiri Difficulty

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

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