Countries
Myanmar
India, Pakistan
National Language
Myanmar
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Mon
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Not Available
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Thai Language
Hindi Language
Derived From
Pali Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Tangut
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Pakistan
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Saraiki
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Where They Speak
Burma
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
birman
pendjabi
German Name
Birmanisch
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Punjabis
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sout3159
panj1256
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional
Burmese and Punjabi 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 Punjabi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Punjabi language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Punjabi word for "Thank You" is ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā). Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Punjabi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Burmese vs Punjabi Difficulty
The Burmese vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Punjabi 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 Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.