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Burmese vs Uyghur


Uyghur vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
China  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Myanmar  
China  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Mon  
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  

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.
  
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Uzbek Language  

Derived From
Pali Language  
Gokturk Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
9  
6

How Many Consonants
33  
23
27  
17

Scripts
Tangut  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
Ässalamu läykum.  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
rakhmat  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
birdam  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
kachurung  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
Khayr khosh  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
sizni yahshi kOrman  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
Kachurung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Turpan  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
China  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Hotan  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
China  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Intha  
Lop Nur  

Where They Speak
Burma  
China  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
25,000,000.00  
21

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
7  
7

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
27

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga  

French Name
birman  
ouïgour  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Uigurisch  

Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]  
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Uyghur  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
11  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Uyghur  

Language Position
43  
40
98  
99+

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Signed Uyghur  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
ug  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
uig  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
uig  

ISO 639 3
mya  
uig  

ISO 639 6
mya  
uig  

Glottocode
sout3159  
uigh1240  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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Burmese and Uyghur Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Uyghur language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Uyghur language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11. 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 Uyghur Language History.

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

Burmese vs Uyghur Difficulty

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

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