Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Myanmar
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Mon
Regulated By
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Myanmar Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- 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
Farsi Language
Thai Language
Derived From
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Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Tangut
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Silaw
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Sipas
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Şev xweş
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
Evare baş
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
Bê zehmet
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
Bibûre
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
Be xêr çî
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Arakanese
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Myanmar
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Intha
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Burma
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
German Name
Kurdisch
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Bamar people
Origin
16th century CE
1113 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tibeto-Burman
Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
kurd1259
sout3159
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating
All Kurdish and Burmese Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Kurdish and Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kurdish and Burmese Speaking population
Kurdish and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Kurdish and Burmese on Kurdish vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Burmese Language Codes
Kurdish and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.