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Burmese vs Luri


Luri vs 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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Burmese and Luri Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Luri language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Luri language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Luri language states that this language originated in 19 BC. 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 Luri Language History.

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

Burmese vs Luri Difficulty

The Burmese vs Luri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Luri 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 Luri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Luri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Luri time required is 25 weeks.

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