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Kashmiri vs Burmese


Burmese vs Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Pakistan  
Myanmar  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Mon  

Regulated By
-  
Myanmar Language Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages  
Thai Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17  
14
12  
9

How Many Consonants
27  
17
33  
23

Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  
Tangut  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

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

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

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

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

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

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

Please
مهربانی کر  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

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

Bye
Khuda hāfiz  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

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

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

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashtawari  
Arakanese  

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

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

Dialect 2
Poguli  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys  
Myanmar  

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

Dialect 3
Rambani  
Intha  

Where They Speak
India  
Burma  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
5.42 million  
99+
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

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

French Name
kashmiri  
birman  

German Name
Kaschmiri  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]  
[bəmɛ̀]  

Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
12th Century  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Kashmiri  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
23  
21
43  
40

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ks  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kas  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
kas  
bur  

ISO 639 3
kas  
mya  

ISO 639 6
kas  
mya  

Glottocode
kash1277  
sout3159  

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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Kashmiri and Burmese Language History

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

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

Kashmiri vs Burmese Difficulty

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

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